Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments

Adeera Levin

Understanding recent haemoglobin trials in CKD: methods and lesson learned from CREATE and CHOIR
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 309-312; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl824 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronald G. Craig, Peter Kotanko, Angela R. Kamer, and Nathan W. Levin

Periodontal diseases—a modifiable source of systemic inflammation for the end-stage renal disease patient on haemodialysis therapy?
NDT Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 312-315; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl604 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Cozzolino and Diego Brancaccio

Lanthanum carbonate—new data on parathyroid hormone control without liver damage
NDT Advance Access published on December 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 316-318; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl720 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luigi Gnudi and Giancarlo Viberti

The link between mechanical stretch and glucose metabolism—a conceptual advance in understanding diabetic (and non diabetic?) renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 318-321; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl655 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jin Tian, Youhua Liu, Laura A. Williams, and Dick de Zeeuw

Potential role of active vitamin D in retarding the progression of chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 321-328; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl595 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Garry J. Handelman

Vitamin C deficiency in dialysis patients—are we perceiving the tip of an iceberg?
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 328-331; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl534 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Marie Krzesinski, Kiswaya Ernest Sumaili, and Eric Cohen

How to tackle the avalanche of chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as an example
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 332-335; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl494 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Wolfgang Arns, Franco Citterio, and Josep M. Campistol

‘Old-for-old’—new strategies for renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on December 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 336-341; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl637 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zeynep Aydin, Anton J. van Zonneveld, Johan W. de Fijter, and Ton J. Rabelink

New horizons in prevention and treatment of ischaemic injury to kidney transplants
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 342-346; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl690 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Marcus D. Säemann, Walter H. Hörl, and Thomas Weichhart

Uncovering host defences in the urinary tract: cathelicidin and beyond
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 347-349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl590 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis

Oliver M. Steinmetz, Rolf A. K. Stahl, and Ulf Panzer

Formation of lymphoid-like tissue in the kidney—is there a role for chemokines?
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 350-352; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl679 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communication

Get checked abstract Jeroen H. Gerrits, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Saskia Postma, Jos J. M. Drabbels, Len M. B. Vaessen, Jan N. M. IJzermans, Jacqueline Rischen, Frans H. J. Claas, Willem Weimar, and Nicole M. van Besouw

Stable T-cell reactivity after successful tapering of azathioprine in HLA-identical living-related kidney transplant recipients despite minor histocompatibility antigen mismatches
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 353-361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl678 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Orit Pappo, Miri Sklair-Levy, Hillel Galitzer, Yaron Ilan, Tally Naveh-Many, and Justin Silver

Lanthanum carbonate decreases PTH gene expression with no hepatotoxicity in uraemic rats
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 362-368; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl623 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Donata Cibulskyte, Michael Pedersen, Arne Hørlyck, Niels Marcussen, Hans Erik Hansen, Jørgen Frøkiær, Melvin Madsen, and Jens Mortensen

Telmisartan attenuates chronic ciclosporin A nephrotoxicity in a pig model
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 369-375; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl631 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ashwani K. Khanna and Galen M. Pieper

NADPH oxidase subunits (NOX-1, p22^phox, Rac-1) and tacrolimus-induced nephrotoxicity in a rat renal transplant model
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 376-385; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl608 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Clare M. Turner, Frederick W. K. Tam, Ping-Chin Lai, Ruth M. Tarzi, G. Burnstock, Charles D. Pusey, H. Terence Cook, and Robert J. Unwin

Increased expression of the pro-apoptotic ATP-sensitive P2X₇ receptor in experimental and human glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 386-395; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sik Lee, Won Kim, Sang-Ok Moon, Mi Jeong Sung, Duk Hoon Kim, Kyung Pyo Kang, Kyu Yoon Jang, Sang Yong Lee, Byung Hyun Park, Gou Young Koh, and Sung Kwang Park

Renoprotective effect of COMP-angiopoietin-1 in db/db mice with type 2 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 396-408; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Héloise Cardinal, Marc-André Raymond, Marie-Josée Hébert, and François Madore

Uraemic plasma decreases the expression of ABCA1, ABCG1 and cell-cycle genes in human coronary arterial endothelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 409-416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl619 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Ying-Chun Ma, Li Zuo, Chun-Li Zhang, Mei Wang, Rong-Fu Wang, and Hai-Yan Wang

Comparison of ^99mTc-DTPA renal dynamic imaging with modified MDRD equation for glomerular filtration rate estimation in Chinese patients in different stages of chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 417-423; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl603 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kamel S. Kamel, Mohammad A. Shafiee, Surinder Cheema-Dhadli, and Mitchell L. Halperin

Studies to identify the basis for an alkaline urine pH in patients with calcium hydrogen phosphate kidney stones
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 424-431; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl588 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ilka Klaassen, Thomas J. Neuhaus, Dirk E. Mueller-Wiefel, and Markus J. Kemper

Antenatal oligohydramnios of renal origin: long-term outcome
NDT Advance Access published on October 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 432-439; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl591 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pankaj Madan, Om P. Kalra, Sunil Agarwal, and Om P. Tandon

Cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 440-444; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Li Yang, Xiaomei Li, and Haiyan Wang

Possible mechanisms explaining the tendency towards interstitial fibrosis in aristolochic acid-induced acute tubular necrosis
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 445-456; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl556 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation

Get checked abstract Jacek Borawski, Magdalena Wilczynska-Borawska, Wanda Stokowska, and Michal Mysliwiec

The periodontal status of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and maintenance dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 457-464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl676 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dana Mitchell, Zipporah Krishnasami, Carlton J. Young, and Michael Allon

Arteriovenous access outcomes in haemodialysis patients with HIV infection
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 465-470; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl629 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Linda Grudzinski, Patricia Quinan, Sophie Kwok, and Andreas Pierratos

Sodium citrate 4% locking solution for central venous dialysis catheters—an effective, more cost-efficient alternative to heparin
NDT Advance Access published on October 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 471-476; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl606 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Charmaine E. Lok, Debra Appleton, Cynthia Bhola, Brian Khoo, and Robert M. A. Richardson

Trisodium citrate 4%—an alternative to heparin capping of haemodialysis catheters
NDT Advance Access published on October 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 477-483; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl570 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nigel D. Toussaint, Ken K. Lau, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, and Peter G. Kerr

Measurement of vascular calcification using CT fistulograms
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 484-490; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl621 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Detlef H. Krieter, Andreas Morgenroth, Artur Barasinski, Horst-Dieter Lemke, Oliver Schuster, Bodo von Harten, and Christoph Wanner

Effects of a polyelectrolyte additive on the selective dialysis membrane permeability for low-molecular-weight proteins
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 491-499; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl610 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José Portolés, Juan Manuel López-Gómez, and Pedro Aljama on behalf of the MAR Study Group

A prospective multicentre study of the role of anaemia as a risk factor in haemodialysis patients: the MAR Study
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 500-507; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl558 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Muntner, Emiliana Ferramosca, Antonio Bellasi, Geoffrey A. Block, and Paolo Raggi

Development of a cardiovascular calcification index using simple imaging tools in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 508-514; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl609 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrzej Krasniak, Maciej Drozdz, Mieczyslaw Pasowicz, Grzegorz Chmiel, Martyna Michalek, Dorota Szumilak, Piotr Podolec, Piotr Klimeczek, Malgorzata Konieczynska, Ewa Wicher-Muniak, Wieslawa Tracz, Thao N’Guyen Khoa, Jean-Claude Souberbielle, Tilman B. Drueke, and Wladyslaw Sulowicz

Factors involved in vascular calcification and atherosclerosis in maintenance haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 515-521; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fumihiko Koiwa, Takatoshi Kakuta, Reika Tanaka, and Shigeru Yumita

Efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) is related to the number of parathyroid glands in haemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 522-528; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl620 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Elisabetta Parenti, Roberto Giacosa, Edoardo Picetti, Carlo Rotelli, Dante Tagliavini, and Aderville Cabassi

Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) with prostacyclin in critically ill patients with acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 529-537; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl627 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Enia, Vincenzo Panuccio, Sebastiano Cutrupi, Patrizia Pizzini, Giovanni Tripepi, Francesca Mallamaci, and Carmine Zoccali

Subclinical hypothyroidism is linked to micro-inflammation and predicts death in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 538-544; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl605 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kai Ming Chow, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Chi Bon Leung, Man Ching Law, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Adherence to peritoneal dialysis training schedule
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 545-551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl563 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Kai-Ming Chow, Christopher Wai-Kei Lam, Chi-Bon Leung, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kwok-Yi Chung, Man-Ching Law, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Clinical biocompatibility of a neutral peritoneal dialysis solution with minimal glucose-degradation products—A 1-year randomized control trial
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 552-559; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl559 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ichiro Hirahara, Makoto Inoue, Kousuke Okuda, Yasuhiro Ando, Shigeaki Muto, and Eiji Kusano

The potential of matrix metalloproteinase-2 as a marker of peritoneal injury, increased solute transport, or progression to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis during peritoneal dialysis—a multicentre study in Japan
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 560-567; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl566 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christian A. Seemayer, Ariana Gaspert, Volker Nickeleit, and Michael J. Mihatsch

C4d staining of renal allograft biopsies: a comparative analysis of different staining techniques
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 568-576; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl594 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas L. Serra, Reto Savoca, Andreas R. Huber, Urs Hepp, Aba Delsignore, Martin Hersberger, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Effective control of persistent hyperparathyroidism with cinacalcet in renal allograft recipients
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 577-583; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anke Schwarz, Gunnar Rustien, Saskia Merkel, Joerg Radermacher, and Hermann Haller

Decreased renal transplant function after parathyroidectomy
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 584-591; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Brief Reports

Get checked abstract Eva Schepers, Natalie Meert, Griet Glorieux, Jan Goeman, Johan Van der Eycken, and Raymond Vanholder

P-cresylsulphate, the main in vivo metabolite of p-cresol, activates leucocyte free radical production
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 592-596; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl584 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shlomo Keidar, Alexander Strizevsky, Ayelet Raz, and Aviva Gamliel-Lazarovich

ACE2 activity is increased in monocyte-derived macrophages from prehypertensive subjects
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 597-601; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl632 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colm C. Magee, Helen Mah, Kathryn Tinckam, Isabelle Wood, Fang Ji, and John Powelson

Successful living donor kidney transplantation across HLA and ABO incompatibilities
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 602-604; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl696 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes

Denise Bohrer, Denise C. Bertagnolli, Sandra M. R. de Oliveira, Paulo C. do Nascimento, Leandro M. de Carvalho, and Solange G. Pomblum

Drugs as a hidden source of aluminium for chronic renal patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 605-611; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl569 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Takashi Baba, Sachiko Nakagawa, Akira Saito, and Masao Nasu

Rapid monitoring of bacteria in dialysis fluids by fluorescent vital staining and microcolony methods
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 612-616; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl675 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports

Ronak Shah, Elaine Beem, Laura Sautina, Sergey I. Zharikov, and Mark S. Segal

Mitomycin- and calcineurin-associated HUS, endothelial dysfunction and endothelial repair: a new paradigm for the puzzle?
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 617-620; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl586 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aisling E. Courtney, Declan M. O'Rourke, and Alexander Peter Maxwell

Rapidly progressive renal failure associated with successful pharmacotherapy for obesity
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 621-623; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl684 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jecko Thachil, D. K. Watson, and P. J. T. Drew

Nephrotic syndrome with spontaneous anticoagulant activity
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 624-626; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl597 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rosa Ramos, Rafael Poveda, Josep Sarrá, Alicia Domingo, Luís Carreras, and Josep M. Grinyó

Renal involvement in non-malignant IgM gammopathy
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 627-630; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl709 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ihab M. Wahba, Kevin White, Mary Meyer, and Eric L. Simpson

The case for ultraviolet light therapy in nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy—report of two cases and review of the literature
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 631-636; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl600 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Dorsch

Use of cinacalcet in a patient on long-term dialysis with end-stage renal failure and refractory secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 637-640; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl547 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uma Nahar Saikia, Deepali Jain, Kusum Joshi, Anupam Lal, and Vinay Sakhuja

Disseminated zygomycosis presenting as thyroid abscess in a renal allograft recipient
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 641-644; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl551 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Educational Features

Nephroquiz

José Gastão Rocha de Carvalho, Edison Luiz Slongo, and Ana Cristina Sobral

Kidney mass and osteolytic lesion: is it always malignancy?
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 645-648; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl667 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Roubaud-Baudron, Edward Bourry, Valerie Martinez, Ana Canestri, Gilbert Deray, and Hassane Izzedine

Hyperpnoea and ketonuria in an HIV-infected patient
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 649-651; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl671 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology

Luis Alberto Batista Peres, José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, and Vinicius Daher Alvares Delfino

Polycystic horseshoe kidney
NDT Advance Access published on October 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 652-653; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl615 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malte E. Kornhuber, Silke Markau, Alexey Surov, Jutta Herde, and Thomas Langer

Pseudotumor cerebri due to proximal haemodialysis fistula
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 654; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl613 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Simpson and Raj Thuraisingham

A case of lichen simplex chronicus in a patient with prolonged hyperphospataemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 655; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl616 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caner Cavdar, Ali Celik, Funda Saglam, Omer Toprak, Ozkan Gungor, Burcin Tuna, Mustafa Secil, Huseyin Gulay, and Taner Camsari

Isolated hydatid disease of the native kidney in a renal transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 656-657; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl644 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In Memoriam

Jürgen Floege and Armin Kurtz

Professor Fokko J. van der Woude
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 658-659; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl825 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Varia

Letters

Leroy Storsley and Laurette Geldenhuys

Ciprofloxacin-induced ANCA-negative cutaneous and renal vasculitis—resolution with drug withdrawal
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 660-661; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl554 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Niels Henrik Buus and Jens Dam Jensen

Severe intravascular haemolysis and acute renal failure following intravenous administration of iron dextran
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 661-662; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl533 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zachary Z. Brener, Nikolas B. Harbord, Igor Zhuravenko, Anthony D. Nicastri, Michael Bergman, Alan Dubrow, Donald Feinfeld, and James Winchester

Acute renal failure in a patient with West Nile viral encephalitis
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 662-663; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl599 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hideo Hidai

Inequality of renal replacement therapy in the low-income countries
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 663-665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl596 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Zitta, H. Holzer, G. Reibnegger, and W. Estelberger

Recalibration of population-based GFR formulae by pharmacokinetic methods
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl537 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luigi Vernaglione

Impact of enalapril on renal function in patients with severe chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 665-666; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl527 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Linda Shavit, Meyer Lifschitz, Joseph Plaksin, Tal Grenader, and Itzchak Slotki

Urokinase for restoration of patency of occluded permanent central venous access in haemodialysis patients—a new protocol
NDT Advance Access published on October 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 666-667; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl571 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Ansell

Serum phosphate and outcomes in PD patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 667-668; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl593 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bozena Sobkowicz, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Jolanta Malyszko, Marek Kalinowski, Tomasz Hryszko, Pawel Kralisz, Slawomir Dobrzycki, Jacek Malyszko, Michal Mysliwiec, and Wlodzimierz J. Musial

Value of the real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography for risk stratification and for the detection of significant coronary stenosis in patients with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 668-669; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl575 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Galeano, Fernando Liaño, Marra T. Tenorio, Maite Rivera, Juan Sánchez, Jorge Haurie, and Joaquín Ortuño

Mycotic pseudoaneurysms in a CAPD patient
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 669-670; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl546 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich Gladziwa, Marc M. H. Hermans, and Amjad Naami

An unusual case of CAPD-related peritonitis associated with fallopian tube capture of a CAPD catheter
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2006
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