Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Paul E. C. Brenchley, Bengt Lindholm, Friedo W. Dekker, and Gerjan Navis on behalf of the Renal Genome Network

Translating knowledge of the human genome into clinical practice in nephrology dialysis and transplantation: the renal genome network (ReGeNet)
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2681-2683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl418 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanne M. Bargman

Peritoneal dialysis solutions and patient survival: does wishing make it so?
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2684-2686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl460 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guillermo Zalba, Ana Fortuño, and Javier Díez

Oxidative stress and atherosclerosis in early chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2686-2690; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl398 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralph Kettritz, Ursula Goebel, Anette Fiebeler, Wolfgang Schneider, and Friedrich Luft

The protean face of sarcoidosis revisited
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2690-2694; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl369 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vedat Schwenger and Martin Zeier

Contrast-enhanced sonography as early diagnostic tool of chronic allograft nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2694-2696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl449 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henri Boulanger, Rafik Mansouri, Jean François Gautier, and Denis Glotz

Are peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors new therapeutic targets in diabetic and non-diabetic nephropathies?
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2696-2702; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl448 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

László Rosivall and János Peti-Peterdi

Heterogeneity of the afferent arteriole—correlations between morphology and function
NDT Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2703-2707; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl308 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Ludwig, Boris Utsch, and Leo A. H. Monnens

Recent advances in understanding the clinical and genetic heterogeneity of Dent's disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2708-2717; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl346 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Peter Stenvinkel

C-reactive protein—does it promote vascular disease?
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2718-2720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl317 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Floege, Uta Kunter, Manfred Weber, and Oliver Gross

Bone marrow transplantation rescues Alport mice
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2721-2723; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl367 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Katja Keller, Christoph Daniel, Harald Schöcklmann, Karl-Hans Endlich, Dontscho Kerjaschki, Richard J. Johnson, and Christian Hugo

Everolimus inhibits glomerular endothelial cell proliferation and VEGF, but not long-term recovery in experimental thrombotic microangiopathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2724-2735; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Junya Yamahana, Takashi Wada, Kengo Furuichi, Norihiko Sakai, Hitoshi Yokoyama, and Shuichi Kaneko

TAK-603, an anti-inflammatory compound, reduces crescentic glomerulonephritis and preserves renal function in WKY rats
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2736-2744; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naohiko Fujii, Yoshitaka Isaka, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Masayuki Mizui, Chigure Suzuki, Shiro Takahara, Takahito Ito, and Enyu Imai

Targeting of interstitial cells using a simple gene-transfer strategy
NDT Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2745-2753; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peeter Kööbi, Tuija I. Vehmas, Pasi Jolma, Jarkko Kalliovalkama, Meng Fan, Onni Niemelä, Heikki Saha, Mika Kähönen, Pauli Ylitalo, Jaana Rysä, Heikki Ruskoaho, and Ilkka Pörsti

High-calcium vs high-phosphate intake and small artery tone in advanced experimental renal insufficiency
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2754-2761; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shuichi Tsuruoka, Kenta Nishiki, Takashi Ioka, Hitoshi Ando, Yuichiro Saito, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Ryozo Nagai, and Akio Fujimura

Defect in parathyroid-hormone-induced luminal calcium absorption in connecting tubules of Klotho mice
NDT Advance Access published on June 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2762-2767; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshiko Iwasaki, Hideyuki Yamato, Tomoko Nii-Kono, Ayako Fujieda, Motoyuki Uchida, Atsuko Hosokawa, Masaru Motojima, and Masafumi Fukagawa

Administration of oral charcoal adsorbent (AST-120) suppresses low-turnover bone progression in uraemic rats
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2768-2774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Adrian Mondry, Marie Loh, Kevin Ben Laurence, and Nelson Low

DNA polymorphisms and renal disease: a critical appraisal of studies presented at the annual ERA/EDTA and ASN conferences in 2004 and 2005
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2775-2779; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Lieb, Bjoern Mayer, Jan Stritzke, Angela Doering, Hans-Werner Hense, Hannelore Loewel, Jeanette Erdmann, and Heribert Schunkert

Association of low-grade urinary albumin excretion with left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population: The MONICA/KORA Augsburg Echocardiographic Substudy
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2780-2787; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simone Gonçalves, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Sônia Perreto, Silvio H. Barberato, Andréa E. M. Stinghen, Emmanuel G. A. Lima, Roseana Fuerbringer, Sirlene M. Sauthier, and Miguel C. Riella

Associations between renal function, volume status and endotoxaemia in chronic kidney disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2788-2794; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jun Soma, Kozo Sato, Harutaka Saito, and Yoshinori Tsuchiya

Effect of tranilast in early-stage diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2795-2799; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenji Wakai, Takashi Kawamura, Masayuki Endoh, Masayo Kojima, Yasuhiko Tomino, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yoshiyuki Ohno, Yutaka Inaba, and Hideto Sakai

A scoring system to predict renal outcome in IgA nephropathy: from a nationwide prospective study
NDT Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2800-2808; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohamed G. Atta, Joel E. Gallant, M. Hafizur Rahman, Nagapradeep Nagajothi, Lorraine C. Racusen, Paul J. Scheel, and Derek M. Fine

Antiretroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV-associated nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2809-2813; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl337 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Mark Lambie, Hugh C. Rayner, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Ronald L. Pisoni, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Bernard Canaud, Friedrich K. Port, and Eric W. Young

Starting and withdrawing haemodialysis—associations between nephrologists' opinions, patient characteristics and practice patterns (data from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study)
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2814-2820; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vladimir Tuka, Marcela Slavikova, Jaroslava Svobodova, and Jan Malik

Diabetes and distal access location are associated with higher wall shear rate in feeding artery of PTFE grafts
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2821-2824; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie Anne Sosa, Ethan M. Balk, Joseph Lau, Orfeas Liangos, Vaidyanathapuram S. Balakrishnan, Nicolaos E. Madias, Brian J. G. Pereira, and Bertrand L. Jaber

A systematic review of the effect of the Excebrane dialyser on biomarkers of lipid peroxidation
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2825-2833; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Galip Guz, Griet L. Glorieux, Rita De Smet, Marie-Anne F. Waterloos, Raymond C. Vanholder, and Annemieke W. Dhondt

Impact of iron sucrose therapy on leucocyte surface molecules and reactive oxygen species in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2834-2840; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniela Schiesser, Isabelle Binet, Dimitrios Tsinalis, Michael Dickenmann, Gérald Keusch, Markus Schmidli, Patrice M. Ambühl, Liudmila Lüthi, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Weekly low-dose treatment with intravenous iron sucrose maintains iron status and decreases epoetin requirement in iron-replete haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2841-2845; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl419 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fernando Carrera, Lino Oliveira, Pedro Maia, Teresa Mendes, and Candido Ferreira

The efficacy of intravenous darbepoetin alfa administered once every 2 weeks in chronic kidney disease patients on haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2846-2850; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José M. Lamas, Mario Alonso, Fernando Sastre, Gerardo García-Trío, Jesús Saavedra, and Luisa Palomares

Ultrapure dialysate and inflammatory response in haemodialysis evaluated by darbepoetin requirements—a randomized study
NDT Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2851-2858; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic, Nicoleta Mardare, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Octavian Prisada, Radu Sascau, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Arterial wave reflections and mortality in haemodialysis patients—only relevant in elderly, cardiovascularly compromised?
NDT Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2859-2866; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl307 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chan-Yu Lin, Yung-Chang Chen, Feng-Chun Tsai, Ya-Chung Tian, Chang-Chyi Jenq, Ji-Tseng Fang, and Chin-Wei Yang

RIFLE classification is predictive of short-term prognosis in critically ill patients with acute renal failure supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
NDT Advance Access published on June 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2867-2873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sug-Kyun Shin, Craig D. Kamerath, Janice F. Gilson, and John K. Leypoldt

Effects of anaesthesia on fluid and solute transport in a C57BL6 mouse model of peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on July 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2874-2880; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl368 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arsalan N. Habib, Bradley C. Baird, John K. Leypoldt, Alfred K. Cheung, and Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev

The association of lipid levels with mortality in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2881-2892; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ho Yung Lee, Hoon Young Choi, Hyeong Cheon Park, Bo Jeung Seo, Jun Young Do, Sung Ro Yun, Hyun Yong Song, Yeong Hoon Kim, Yong-Lim Kim, Dae Joong Kim, Yong Soo Kim, Moon Jae Kim, and Sug Kyun Shin

Changing prescribing practice in CAPD patients in Korea: increased utilization of low GDP solutions improves patient outcome
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2893-2899; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sahar Bayat, Luc Frimat, Nathalie Thilly, Carole Loos, Serge Briançon, and Michèle Kessler

Medical and non-medical determinants of access to renal transplant waiting list in a French community-based network of care
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2900-2907; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Domingo Hernández, Margarita Rufino, Silvia Armas, Ana González, Pedro Gutiérrez, Pablo Barbero, Sofía Vivancos, Concepción Rodríguez, José Rodríguez de Vera, and Armando Torres

Retrospective analysis of surgical complications following cadaveric kidney transplantation in the modern transplant era
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2908-2915; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angelo Saracino, Giovanni Santarsia, Angela Latorraca, and Vito Gaudiano

Early assessment of renal resistance index after kidney transplant can help predict long-term renal function
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2916-2920; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Fischer, Sergej Filimonow, Jan Dieckhöfer, Torsten Slowinski, Matthias Mühler, Alexander Lembcke, Klemens Budde, Hans-H. Neumayer, Volker Ebeling, Markus Giessing, Anke Thomas, and Stanislao Morgera

Improved diagnosis of early kidney allograft dysfunction by ultrasound with echo enhancer—a new method for the diagnosis of renal perfusion
NDT Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2921-2929; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Plank, Kerstin Benz, Kerstin Amann, Kai-Dietrich Nüsken, Katalin Dittrich, Wolfgang Rascher, Katja Sauerstein, Anja Stuppy, Bernd Klare, and Jörg Dötsch

Stable graft function after reduction of calcineurin inhibitor dosage in paediatric kidney transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2930-2937; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Michael S. Gersch, Yuri Y. Sautin, Christine M. Gersch, George Henderson, Lise Bankir, and Richard J. Johnson

Does Tamm–Horsfall protein–uric acid binding play a significant role in urate homeostasis?
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2938-2942; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl330 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regina Vargha, Michaela Endemann, Klaus Kratochwill, Andrea Riesenhuber, Nikolaus Wick, Anne-Marie Krachler, Laura Malaga-Dieguez, and Christoph Aufricht

Ex vivo reversal of in vivo transdifferentiation in mesothelial cells grown from peritoneal dialysate effluents
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2943-2947; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl355 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

A. A. Schnitzbauer, M. Loss, M. Hornung, G. Glockzin, L. Mantouvalou, B. Krüger, B. K. Krämer, H. J. Schlitt, and A. Obed

Mini-incision for strictly retroperitoneal nephrectomy in living kidney donation vs flank incision
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2948-2952; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Bradford Lee West, Maria M. Picken, and David J. Leehey

Albuminuria in acute tubular necrosis
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2953-2956; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl197 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Manley, Jennifer Somerfield, Ian Simpson, Alan Barber, and Jonathan Zwi

Bilateral uraemic optic neuritis complicating acute nephrocalcinosis
NDT Advance Access published on June 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2957-2958; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl321 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xue Jun Fu, Kandai Nozu, Katsumi Goji, Kazushige Ikeda, Ichiro Kamioka, Teruo Fujita, Hiroshi Kaito, Hisahide Nishio, Kazumoto Iijima, and Masafumi Matsuo

Enamel-renal syndrome associated with hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis and impaired renal concentration: a novel syndrome?
NDT Advance Access published on June 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2959-2962; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl328 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abraham Jacob, Kanwaljit Sandhu, Johann Nicholas, Helen Jones, Jonathan Odum, Paul Rylance, Paul Carmichael, Maurice Jackson, Sunil Handa, Alan Macwhannell, Supratik Basu, Faisal Wahid, Nicole Casadevall, Ghulam Mufti, and Iain Macdougall

Antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia in a dialysis patient receiving darbepoetin alfa as the sole erythropoietic agent
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2963-2965; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl331 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Dolores Arenas, Enrique Niveiro, Analía Moledous, Maria Teresa Gil, Begoña Albiach, and Maria Antonia Carretón

Fatal acute systemic hypersensitivity reaction during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2966-2970; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl332 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Ranghino, Luigina Costantini, Alessandro Deprado, Oliviero Filiberti, Carlotta Fontaneto, Simonetta Ottone, Marzia Peron, Gemma Ternavasio Cameroni, Edoardo Zamponi, and Gianenrico Guida

A case of acute sodium chlorate self-poisoning successfully treated without conventional therapy
NDT Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2971-2974; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl343 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asher Korzets, Yaacov Ori, Dina Zevin, Avry Chagnac, Michal Herman, Benaya Rozen-Zvi, and Uzi Gafter

A worrying thought—could there be a connection between encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, tamoxifen and calciphylaxis?
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2975-2978; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl372 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sevcan Azime Bakkaloglu, Cigdem Seher Kasapkara, Oguz Soylemezoglu, Harun Peru, Kibriya Fidan, Enver Hasanoglu, and Necla Buyan

Successful management of anti-GBM disease in a 5-year-old girl
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2979-2981; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Giuseppe Garigali, Claudia Brambilla, and Michel Daudon

Ciprofloxacin crystalluria
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2982-2983; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl320 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chih-Yu Yang, Ming-Yu Lai, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin, and Yee-Yung Ng

Cervical cancer with pyometra—an insidious cause of uraemia in a post-menopausal woman
NDT Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2984-2985; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl414 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Katherine Wesseling and Isidro B. Salusky

Current treatment options in secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2986-2987; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl384 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-François Bonne, Jeanette Mansour, Irina Shahapuni Philippe Moriniere, and Albert Fournier

Current treatment options in secondary renal hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2987-2989; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl370 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helmut Reichel

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2989-2990; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl491 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan J. L. Bakker

Crippling of inflammatory markers as predictors of death by dichotomization and multicollinearity
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2990-2991; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl233 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Caravaca

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2991; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl234 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David K. C. Cooper

Xenotransplantation—will tolerance be essential?
NDT Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2991-2992; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl442 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ben Sprangers, Mark Waer, and An D. Billiau

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2992-2993; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl438 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Benedict Chan, Vince d'Intini, and Judy Savige

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated microscopic polyangiitis following a suppurative wound infection
NDT Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2993-2994; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl152 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapur Ram, Guditi Swarnalatha, Neela Prasad, and Kaligotla Venkata Dakshina Murty

Pathological rupture of spleen in a haemodialysis patient due to tuberculosis
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2994-2995; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl205 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Sacré, François Jouret, Daniel Manicourt, and Olivier Devuyst

Topiramate induces type 3 renal tubular acidosis by inhibiting renal carbonic anhydrase
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2995-2996; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl251 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luigi Vernaglione

Blood pressure in hypertensives—what is the real value?
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2996-2997; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl261 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cevat Topal, Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Ekrem Dogan, Reha Erkoc, and Yasemin Soyoral

Cloudy dialysate due to lercanidipine
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2997-2998; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl269 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jae Il Shin, Jee Min Park, Ji Hong Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Duk Hee Kim, Ho Sung Kim, and Pyung Kil Kim

Association of Henoch–Schönlein purpura and Graves' disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2997; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl287 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerald Vervoort, Jacqueline M. T. Klein Gunnewiek, Hans L. Willems, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Effect of creatinine assay standardization on the performance of Cockcroft–Gault and MDRD formula in predicting GFR
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2998-2999; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl276 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Lafrance and Martine Leblanc

Intestinal manifestations with a surface-treated AN69 membrane and ACEI during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2999-3000; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl262 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hamid Tayebi Khosroshahi, R. Shane Tubbs, and Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja

Familial Mediterranean fever triggered by renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 3000-3001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yi-Wen Chiu and Hung-Chun Chen

Dialysate leakage through umbilicus in a CAPD patient with repeated omphalitis and peritonitis—a case report
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 3001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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‘Culture-negative’ peritonitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum
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