Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Katrin Uhlig, Ethan M. Balk, Joseph Lau, and Andrew S. Levey

Clinical Practice Guidelines in nephrology—for worse or for better
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1145-1153; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl084 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel Toungouz Névessignsky and Alina Ferster

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe autoimmune diseases: new perspectives
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1154-1157; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk077 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kerstin Amann and Christian S. Haas

What you should know about the work-up of a renal biopsy
NDT Advance Access published on January 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1157-1161; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk037 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Coen van Guldener

Why is homocysteine elevated in renal failure and what can be expected from homocysteine-lowering?
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1161-1166; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl044 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine M. Shanahan

Vascular calcification—a matter of damage limitation?
NDT Advance Access published on March 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1166-1169; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl089 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

F. Fändrich

Induction of tolerance in clinical organ transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1170-1173; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Allison A. Eddy

Ramping up endogenous defences against chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1174-1177; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Joan Cunningham, Alan Cass, Kate Anderson, Paul Snelling, Jeannie Devitt, Cilla Preece, and Josette Eris

Australian nephrologists' attitudes towards living kidney donation
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1178-1183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis:

Andreas Pasch and Felix J. Frey

Coxsackie B viruses and the kidney—a neglected topic
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1184-1187; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Kar Neng Lai, Loretta Y. Y. Chan, Sydney C. W. Tang, and Joseph C. K. Leung

Ganoderma extract prevents albumin-induced oxidative damage and chemokines synthesis in cultured human proximal tubular epithelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on January 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1188-1197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joshua Weissgarten, Sylvia Berman, Shai Efrati, Micha Rapoport, Zhan Averbukh, and Leonid Feldman

Apoptosis and proliferation of cultured mesangial cells isolated from kidneys of rosiglitazone-treated pregnant diabetic rats
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1198-1204; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elena Ovcharenko, Zaid Abassi, Irith Rubinstein, Aviva Kaballa, Aaron Hoffman, and Joseph Winaver

Renal effects of human urotensin-II in rats with experimental congestive heart failure
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1205-1211; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inah M. D. Pecly, Rômulo G. Gonçalves, Ednei P. Rangel, Christina M. Takiya, Fernanda S. Taboada, Cesônia A. Martinusso, Mauro S. G. Pavão, and Maurilo Leite, Jr

Effects of low molecular weight heparin in obstructed kidneys: decrease of collagen, fibronectin and TGF-ß, and increase of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycans and macrophage infiltration
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1212-1222; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clara Hjalmarsson, Martin E. Lidell, and Börje Haraldsson

Beneficial effects of orosomucoid on the glomerular barrier in puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1223-1230; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang-Kyung Jo, Su-Ah Sung, Won-Yong Cho, Kang-Jee Go, and Hyoung-Kyu Kim

Macrophages contribute to the initiation of ischaemic acute renal failure in rats
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1231-1239; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicoletta Nitescu, Sven-Erik Ricksten, Niels Marcussen, Börje Haraldsson, Ulf Nilsson, Samar Basu, and Gregor Guron

N-acetylcysteine attenuates kidney injury in rats subjected to renal ischaemia-reperfusion
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1240-1247; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Helmut Schiffl

Renal recovery from acute tubular necrosis requiring renal replacement therapy: a prospective study in critically ill patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1248-1252; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lyonne K. van Rossum, Robert Zietse, Arnold G. Vulto, and Yolanda B. de Rijke

Renal extraction of cystatin C vs ¹²⁵I-iothalamate in hypertensive patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1253-1256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Csaba P. Kovesdy, Bhairvi K. Trivedi, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, and John E. Anderson

Association of low blood pressure with increased mortality in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1257-1262; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omran Bakoush, Mårten Segelmark, Ole Torffvit, Sophie Ohlsson, and Jan Tencer

Urine IgM excretion predicts outcome in ANCA-associated renal vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1263-1269; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eleni C. Papavasiliou, Chariklia Gouva, Kostas C. Siamopoulos, and Alexandros D. Tselepis

PAF-acetylhydrolase activity in plasma of patients with chronic kidney disease. Effect of long-term therapy with erythropoietin
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1270-1277; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wenjing Wang, Changlin Mei, Bing Tang, Haidan Zhao, Chenggang Xu, Zhanyuan Li, Xuefei Shen, Wencheng Fu, and Bing Dai

Aberrant expression of SPARC and its impact on proliferation and apoptosis in ADPKD cyst-lining epithelia
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1278-1288; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yugo Shibagaki, Masanori Matsumoto, Koichi Kokame, Shigeyoshi Ohba, Toshiyuki Miyata, Yoshihiro Fujimura, and Toshiro Fujita

Novel compound heterozygote mutations (H234Q/R1206X) of the ADAMTS13 gene in an adult patient with Upshaw–Schulman syndrome showing predominant episodes of repeated acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1289-1292; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Marc M. H. Hermans, Vincent Brandenburg, Markus Ketteler, Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank M. van der Sande, Ulrich Gladziwa, Pieter L. Rensma, Karlijn Bartelet, Constantijn J. A. M. Konings, Arnold P. G. Hoeks, Jürgen Floege, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Study on the relationship of serum fetuin-A concentration with aortic stiffness in patients on dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1293-1299; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcus A. Bain, Randall Faull, Gianfranco Fornasini, Robert W. Milne, and Allan M. Evans

Accumulation of trimethylamine and trimethylamine-N-oxide in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1300-1304; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert W. Nette, Eric H. Y. Ie, Wim B. Vletter, Rob Krams, Willem Weimar, and Robert Zietse

Norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction results in decreased blood volume in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1305-1311; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Aarup, Julie Bryndum, Hans Dieperink, and Preben Joffe

Clinical implications of converting stable haemodialysis patients from subcutaneous to intravenous administration of darbepoetin alfa
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1312-1316; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gianni Biolo, Antonio Amoroso, Silvana Savoldi, Alessandra Bosutti, Massimiliano Martone, Doroti Pirulli, Francesco Bianco, Sheila Ulivi, Sara Bertok, Mary Artero, Rocco Barazzoni, Michela Zanetti, Gabriele Grassi, Gianfranco Guarnieri, and Giovanni Panzetta

Association of interferon- +874A polymorphism with reduced long-term inflammatory response in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1317-1322; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylwia Zamojska, Magdalena Szklarek, Maciej Niewodniczy, and Michal Nowicki

Correlates of habitual physical activity in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1323-1327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ladan Golestaneh, Jeffrey Laut, Stuart Rosenberg, Meilin Zhang, and Michele H. Mokrzycki

Favourable outcomes in episodes of Pseudomonas bacteraemia when associated with tunnelled cuffed catheters (TCCs) in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1328-1333; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisabeth Dittrich, Heidi Puttinger, Martin Schillinger, Irene Lang, Thomas Stefenelli, Walter H. Hörl, and Andreas Vychytil

Effect of radio contrast media on residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis patients—a prospective study
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1334-1339; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheng-Chung Fang, Chung-Jen Yen, Yung-Ming Chen, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Ming-Tsan Lin, Ju-Yeh Yang, and Tun-Jun Tsai

Diltiazem suppresses collagen synthesis and IL-1ß-induced TGF-ß1 production on human peritoneal mesothelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1340-1347; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefano Santarelli, Matthias Zeiler, Rita Marinelli, Tania Monteburini, Antonio Federico, and Emilio Ceraudo

Videolaparoscopy as rescue therapy and placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a thirty-two case single centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1348-1354; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, John F. Hurdle, Bradley C. Baird, Greg Stoddard, Zhi Wang, John D. Scandling, Lev L. Barenbaum, and Alfred K. Cheung

The role of pre-emptive re-transplant in graft and recipient outcome
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1355-1364; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathrin Frank, Martin Zeier, Marie-Luise Gross, Rüdiger Waldherr, Eberhard Ritz, and Kerstin Amann

Comprehensive immunohistological analysis of the endothelin system in human kidney grafts
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1365-1372; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ute Hoffmann, Stephan Segerer, Petra Rümmele, Bernd Krüger, Miriam Pietrzyk, Ferdinand Hofstädter, Bernhard Banas, and Bernhard K. Krämer

Expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR3 in human renal allografts—a prospective study
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1373-1381; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander B. Magil and Kathryn J. Tinckam

Focal peritubular capillary C4d deposition in acute rejection
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1382-1388; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard N. Formica, Jr, Amy L. Friedman, Marc I. Lorber, J. Douglas Smith, Tom Eisen, and Margaret J. Bia

A randomized trial comparing losartan with amlodipine as initial therapy for hypertension in the early post-transplant period
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1389-1394; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vincent Das, Marie-Noelle Peraldi, and Christophe Legendre

Adverse neuropsychiatric effects of cytomegalovirus prophylaxis with valaciclovir in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on January 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1395-1401; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Carlo Rotelli, Roberto Giacosa, Elisabetta Parenti, Edoardo Picetti, Paola Manini, Roberta Andreoli, and Aderville Cabassi

Does haemodialysis significantly affect serum linezolid concentrations in critically ill patients with renal failure? A pilot investigation
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1402-1406; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Darren Yuen, Andreas Pierratos, Robert M.A. Richardson, and Christopher T. Chan

The natural history of coronary calcification progression in a cohort of nocturnal haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1407-1412; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Akishi Momose, Hiroshi Mizuno, Satoshi Kajihara, Hisao Saitoh, Tsuneyasu Mikuni, Nagai Katsunori, and Tomihisa Funyu

EBV-associated nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma of the nasal cavity/paranasal sinus in a renal allograft recipient
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1413-1416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk020 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sabine Illsinger, Thomas Lücke, Gisela Offner, Hans Hartmann, and Anibh Martin Das

Status epilepticus and hyperprolinaemia following recurrent gelatine administrations in a patient on peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1417-1419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris M. Laing, Rhys Roberts, Shaun Summers, Jon S. Friedland, Liz Lighstone, and Robert J. Unwin

Distal renal tubular acidosis in association with HIV infection and AIDS
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1420-1422; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Noujoud Khouri, Marie-Alyette Costa de Beauregard, Marc Tassart, Patrice Callard, Charlotte Verdet, Anne Rossier, Carole Elbim, Marie-Anne Gougerot-Pocidalo, Chantal Le Bouguénec, Eric Rondeau, and Alain Vandewalle

An unusual case of dramatic acute bilateral pyelonephritis with systemic bacterial dissemination caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1423-1426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sean E. Kennedy, Sivanandam Shrikanth, and John A. Charlesworth

Acute granulomatous tubulointerstitial nephritis caused by intravesical BCG
NDT Advance Access published on February 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1427-1429; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk071 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Zuzana Rihova, Miroslav Merta, Ivan Spicka, Jiri Zabka, Romana Rysava, Miroslav Chochola, Eva Meisnerová, Ivana Vítková, Ctirad Povysil, Jana Reiterová, and Vladimir Tesar

Unusual manifestation of AL amyloidosis—stenosis of inferior vena cava
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1430-1433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Sonya Poulin, Jean-Hugues Brossard, Réal Noël, and Paul Isenring

Hypercalcaemia in a patient with membraneous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1434-1438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Benjamin Terrier, Dominique Joly, David Ghez, Bertrand Knebelmann, Fadi Fakhouri, and Aurélie Hummel

Reversible paraparesis in multiple myeloma with renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1439-1440; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Reha Erkoc, Yasemin Soyoral, Omer Etlik, Ekrem Dogan, and Cetin Kotan

Peritoneal hydatid cyst: an unusual cause of abdominal pain in a haemodialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1441-1442; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Olivier Moranne, Vanessa Samouelian, Fabrice Lapeyre, Dominique Pagniez, Damien Subtil, Philippe Dequiedt, and Eric Boulanger

A systematic approach to managing pregnant dialysis patients—the importance of an intensified haemodiafiltration protocol
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1443; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi287 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Haase, Stanislao Morgera, and Klemens Budde

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1443; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl063 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Rigalleau, P. Chauveau, C. Lasseur, C. Raffaitin, C. Perlemoine, N. Barthe, C. Combe, and H. Gin

Glomerular filtration rate prediction using lean mass is unsuccessful in diabetic subjects
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1443-1444; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy Taylor

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1444; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl057 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Bruchfeld, K. Lindahl, O. Reichard, T. Carlsson, and R. Schvarcz

Pegylated interferon and ribavirin in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1444-1445; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl072 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark W. Russo

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1445-1446; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl101 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Polichronis Alivanis, Ioannis Giannikouris, Antonios Arvanitis, Maria Volanaki, Agelos Zervos, and Christos Paliuras

Bilateral congenital megacalycosis in a young male patient
NDT Advance Access published on November 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1446-1447; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi267 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajarajan Ramamoorthy, Christopher F. Wong, M. Murphy, D. Gould, and A. Hammad

Iatrogenic pseudo-aneurysm of the subclavian artery and dissection of the aorta, secondary to central venous line insertion: a treatment dilemma!
NDT Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1447-1448; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi271 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoh Arakawa, Yoshio Shimizu, Hideko Sakurai, Satomi Kawamura, Yuko Hashimoto, Hirayasu Kai, Masahiro Hagiwara, Joichi Usui, Keigyou Yoh, Kouichi Hirayama, Kunihiro Yamagata, and Akio Koyama

Polyclonal activation of an IgA subclass against Staphylococcus aureus cell membrane antigen in post-methicillin-resistant S.aureus infection glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1448-1449; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi292 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Denijal Tulumovic, Enisa Mesic, and Ajsa Tulumovic

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare onset of the illness caused by haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1450; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi243 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank M. van der Sande, Jeroen P. Kooman, and Karel M. Leunissen

Haemodialysis and thermoregulation
NDT Advance Access published on December 20, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1450-1451; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi322 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiraku Yoshida, Keitaro Yokoyama, Yukio Maruvama, Hiroyasu Yamanoto, Satoru Yoshida, and Tatsuo Hosoya

Investigation of coronary artery calcification and stenosis by coronary angiography (CAG) in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1451-1452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi328 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alpaslan Ersoy, Serdar Kahvecioglu, Canan Ersoy, Ibrahim Akdag, Ismail Yurtsever, and Kamil Dilek

Is glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis after kidney transplantation related to osteoporosis?
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1452-1453; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi342 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teun Wilmink, Claire Brown, Carl Richardson, Martin Claridge, Martin Ferring, Hugh Rayner, and Steve Smith

Survival and infection rates of a polyurethane vascular access graft compared to tunnelled dialysis catheters and brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1453-1454; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi330 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ching-Yu Chou, I-Wen Ting, Fon-Jou Hsieh, and Chien-Nan Lee

Haemoperitoneum in a pregnant woman with peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1454-1455; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi333 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis F. Quintana, Federic Cofan, Juan C. Reverté, Federic Oppenheimer, and Josep M. Campistol

Renal cortical necrosis after kidney transplantation associated with the prothrombin 20210A mutation
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1455-1456; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi341 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas L. Serra, Maja Klein, Dorothea Nitsch, Daniel Dürr, Bendicht Wermuth, and Felix J. Frey

A puzzling case of high serum creatinine in a healthy woman
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1456-1457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi343 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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