Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In this issue:

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm273 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak and Anupam Agarwal

Haem oxygenase-1—a culprit in vascular and renal damage?
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1495-1499; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm093 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clifford E. Kashtan

Alport syndrome and the X chromosome: implications of a diagnosis of Alport syndrome in females
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1499-1505; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm024 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Cunningham

Bisphosphonates in the renal patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1505-1507; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm217 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Krzysztof Narkiewicz

Second-hand smoke—a license to kill due to expire
NDT Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1508-1511; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm046 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In Depth Review:

Joëlle L. Nortier and Jean-Louis Vanherweghem

For patients taking herbal therapy—lessons from aristolochic acid nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1512-1517; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm167 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Jürgen Floege, Frank Eitner, Jonathan Barratt, Alice C Smith, and John Feehally

Mutant mice provide new insight into the role of (mis-)glycation in IgA nephropathy and other glomerular diseases
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1518-1520; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sagrario Cañadillas, Alberto Rodríguez-Benot, and Mariano Rodríguez

More on the bone-kidney axis—lessons from hypophosphataemia
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1521-1523; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tilman B. Drüeke and Dominique Prié

Klotho spins the thread of life—what does Klotho do to the receptors of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23)?
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1524-1526; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm122 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Ying Waeckerle-Men, Astrid Starke, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

PD-L1 partially protects renal tubular epithelial cells from the attack of CD8⁺cytotoxic T cells
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1527-1536; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl818 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralf Westenfeld, Cora Schäfer, Ralf Smeets, Vincent M. Brandenburg, Jürgen Floege, Markus Ketteler, and Willi Jahnen-Dechent

Fetuin-A (AHSG) prevents extraosseous calcification induced by uraemia and phosphate challenge in mice
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1537-1546; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yasuhiro Hamada, Satoshi Miyata, Tomoko Nii-Kono, Riko Kitazawa, Sohei Kitazawa, Satomi Higo, Michiru Fukunaga, Shigemitu Ueyama, Hajime Nakamura, Junji Yodoi, Masafumi Fukagawa, and Masato Kasuga

Overexpression of thioredoxin1 in transgenic mice suppresses development of diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1547-1557; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jasmina Markovic-Lipkovski, Claudia A. Müller, Gerd Klein, Thomas Flad, Tatjana Klatt, Sabine Blaschke, Johannes T. Wessels, and Gerhard A. Müller

Neural cell adhesion molecule expression on renal interstitial cells
NDT Advance Access published on March 2, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1558-1566; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Bárbara Tazón-Vega, Mireia Vilardell, Laureano Pérez-Oller, Elisabet Ars, Patricia Ruiz, Olivier Devuyst, Xose Lens, Patricia Fernández-Llama, José Ballarín, and Roser Torra

Study of candidate genes affecting the progression of renal disease in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type 1
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1567-1577; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Riza C. Ozsoy, Wim A. van der Steeg, John J. P. Kastelein, Lambertus Arisz, and Marion G. Koopman

Dyslipidaemia as predictor of progressive renal failure and the impact of treatment with atorvastatin
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1578-1586; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl790 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leendert H. Oterdoom, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Ron T. Gansevoort, Paul E. de Jong, Reinold O. B. Gans, and Stephan J. L. Bakker for the PREVEND Study Group

Fasting insulin modifies the relation between age and renal function
NDT Advance Access published on February 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1587-1592; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuichi Kikuchi, Toshihiko Imakiire, Muneharu Yamada, Takamitsu Saigusa, Toshitake Hyodo, Taketoshi Kushiyama, Keishi Higashi, Naomi Hyodo, Kojiro Yamamoto, Shigenobu Suzuki, and Soichiro Miura

Effect of risedronate on high-dose corticosteroid-induced bone loss in patients with glomerular disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1593-1600; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl568 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naohiko Fujii, Takayuki Hamano, Satoshi Mikami, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Yoshitaka Isaka, Toshiki Moriyama, Masaru Horio, Enyu Imai, Masatsugu Hori, and Takahito Ito

Risedronate, an effective treatment for glucocorticoid-induced bone loss in CKD patients with or without concomitant active vitamin D (PRIUS-CKD)
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1601-1607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franco Bergesio, Anna Maria Ciciani, Marisa Santostefano, Rachele Brugnano, Marco Manganaro, Giovanni Palladini, Anna Maria Di Palma, Marco Gallo, Pier Luigi Tosi, and Maurizio Salvadori on behalf of the Immunopathology Group of the Italian Society of Nephrology

Renal involvement in systemic amyloidosis—an Italian retrospective study on epidemiological and clinical data at diagnosis
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1608-1618; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aminu K. Bello, Dick de Zeeuw, Meguid El Nahas, Auke H. Brantsma, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Paul E. de Jong, and Ronald T. Gansevoort

Impact of weight change on albuminuria in the general population
NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1619-1627; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

M. van Loon, W. van der Mark, N. Beukers, C. de Bruin, P. J. Blankestijn, R. M. Huisman, J. J. Zijlstra, F. M. van der Sande, and J. H. M. Tordoir

Implementation of a vascular access quality programme improves vascular access care
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1628-1632; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frans J. Hoek, Johanna C. Korevaar, Friedo W. Dekker, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, and Raymond T. Krediet

Estimation of residual glomerular filtration rate in dialysis patients from the plasma cystatin C level
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1633-1638; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Dolores Arenas, Fernando Alvarez-Ude, Maria Teresa Gil, Analía Moledous, Tamara Malek, Carlos Nuñez, Ramón Devesa, Maria Antonia Carretón, and Antonio Soriano

Implementation of ‘K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease’ after the introduction of cinacalcet in a population of patients on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1639-1644; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl840 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aiji Yajima, Masaaki Inaba, Yoshio Ogawa, Yoshihiro Tominaga, Tatsuhiko Tanizawa, Tsunamasa Inou, and Osamu Otsubo

Significance of time-course changes of serum bone markers after parathyroidectomy in patients with uraemic hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1645-1657; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl837 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Motoko Tanaka, Shin Yamazaki, Yasuaki Hayashino, Shunichi Fukuhara, Takashi Akiba, Akira Saito, Yasushi Asano, Friedrich K. Port, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, and Tadao Akizawa

Hypercalcaemia is associated with poor mental health in haemodialysis patients: results from Japan DOPPS
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1658-1664; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David M. Charytan and Richard E. Kuntz

Risks of coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis-dependent patients—analysis of the 2001 National Inpatient Sample
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1665-1671; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl835 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annalisa Feliciani, Maria Alessandra Riva, Simona Zerbi, Pio Ruggiero, Anna Rita Plati, Giorgio Cozzi, and Luciano A. Pedrini

New strategies in haemodiafiltration (HDF): prospective comparative analysis between on-line mixed HDF and mid-dilution HDF
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1672-1679; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin A. Hutchison and Indranil Dasgupta

National survey of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the haemodialysis population of the UK population
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1680-1684; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anetta Undas, Marek Kolarz, Grzegorz Kopec, Rafal Glowacki, Ewa Placzkiewicz-Jankowska, and Wieslawa Tracz

Autoantibodies against N-homocysteinylated proteins in patients on long-term haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1685-1689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beata Naumnik, Jacek Borawski, Krystyna Pawlak, and Michal Mysliwiec

Enoxaparin but not unfractionated heparin causes a dose-dependent increase in plasma TGF-ß1 during haemodialysis: a cross-over study
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1690-1696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Kai-Ming Chow, Chi-Bon Leung, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kwok-Yi Chung, Man-Ching Law, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Increased subcutaneous insulin requirements in diabetic patients recently commenced on peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 27, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1697-1702; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl834 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesús Montenegro, Ramón Saracho, Isabel Gallardo, Isabel Martínez, Rosa Muñoz, and Nuria Quintanilla

Use of pure bicarbonate-buffered peritoneal dialysis fluid reduces the incidence of CAPD peritonitis
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1703-1708; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl848 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amedeo F. de Vecchi, Cristina Novembrino, Silvia Lonati, Silvia Ippolito, and Fabrizia Bamonti

Two different modalities of iron gluconate i.v. administration: effects on iron, oxidative and inflammatory status in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1709-1713; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Blunden, Deborah Zeitlin, Neil Ashman, and Stanley L.-S. Fan

Single UK centre experience on the treatment of PD peritonitis—antibiotic levels and outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1714-1719; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Verena Mayer, Kelly L. Hudkins, Florian Heller, Holger Schmid, Matthias Kretzler, Ulrike Brandt, Hans-Joachim Anders, Heinz Regele, Peter J. Nelson, Charles E. Alpers, Detlef Schlöndorff, and Stephan Segerer

Expression of the chemokine receptor CCR1 in human renal allografts
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1720-1729; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pieter Evenepoel, Kathleen Claes, Dirk R. Kuypers, Frans Debruyne, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Parathyroidectomy after successful kidney transplantation: a single centre study
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1730-1737; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aksel Foss, Pål-Dag Line, Knut Brabrand, Karsten Midtvedt, and Anders Hartmann

A prospective study on size and function of paediatric kidneys (<10 years) transplanted to adults
NDT Advance Access published on March 24, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1738-1742; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jøran Hjelmesæth, Liv Trine Hagen, Anders Åsberg, Karsten Midtvedt, Øyvind Størset, Carl Erik Halvorsen, Lars Mørkrid, Anders Hartmann, and Trond Jenssen

The impact of short-term ciclosporin A treatment on insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in man
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1743-1749; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl820 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marian Tomasiak, Tomasz Rusak, Marek Gacko, and Halina Stelmach

Cyclosporine enhances platelet procoagulant activity
NDT Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1750-1756; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl836 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Report:

Massimiliano Bergallo, Cristina Costa, Samuela Margio, Francesca Sidoti, Daniela Re, Giuseppe P. Segoloni, and Rossana Cavallo

Human herpes virus 8 infection in kidney transplant patients from an area of northwestern Italy (Piemonte region)
NDT Advance Access published on March 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1757-1761; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Arra S. Reddy, Elvira V. Lang, Jennifer Cutts, Shaun Loh, and Max P. Rosen

Fibrin sheath removal from central venous catheters: an internal snare manoeuvre
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1762-1765; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Vineeta Batra, Om Prakash Kalra, Prashant Mathur, Kavita, and Geeta Dev

Membranous glomerulopathy associated with placental site trophoblastic tumour: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1766-1768; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl786 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qi Qian, Brian R. Younge, and Vicente E. Torres

Retinal arterial and venous occlusions in patients with ADPKD
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1769-1771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ashutosh Singh and Lillian W. Gaber

Nephrotic syndrome and chronic renal insufficiency associated with essential cryofibrinogenemia
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1772-1775; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm045 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Ursula Verdalles, Marian Goicoechea, Soledad García de Vinuesa, Alexia Mosse, and Jose Luño

Erdheim–Chester disease: a rare cause of renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1776-1777; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm115 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Point:

Simona Verdesca, Claudia Brambilla, Giuseppe Garigali, Maria Daniela Croci, Piergiorgio Messa, and Giovanni Battista Fogazzi

How a skilful and motivated urinary sediment examination can save the kidneys
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1778-1781; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm142 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Anish Bhattacharya, Sunil Hejjaji Venkataramarao, Santosh Kumar, and Bhagwant Rai Mittal

Urinothorax demonstrated on ^99mTc Ethylene dicysteine renal scintigraphy
NDT Advance Access published on March 24, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1782-1783; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm105 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

Norbert Lameire

Handbook of Dialysis • J. T. Daugirdas, P. G. Blake, T. S. Ing (Editors).
NDT Advance Access published on April 16, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1784; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm195 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

E. Nigel Wardle

IgA Nephritis—Ace inhibitors, steroids etc?
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1785; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Claudio Pozzi, and Simeone Andrulli

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1785; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wojciech Wolyniec, Marta Kozuchowska, Krzysztof Sworczak, Dominika Jezior, Agnieszka Rozañska-Kluziak, Roman Rudka, Jadwiga Rojek-Trebicka, and Boleslaw Rutkowski

When can we really diagnose idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis?
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1786; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm071 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriella Moroni

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1786-1787; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew S. Bomback and Philip J. Klemmer

Association of low-grade urinary albumin excretion with left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population: a reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1787-1788; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm123 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Lieb, Bjoern Mayer, and Heribert Schunkert

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1788; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm157 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Lacour, Igor G. Nikolov, Nobuhiko Joki, and Tilman B. Drüeke

Lanthanum carbonate, body lanthanum accumulation and potential liver toxicity
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1788-1789; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Cozzolino and Diego Brancaccio

Reply—Lanthanum hepatotoxicity-debate
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1789; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iddo Z. Ben-Dov and Justin Silver

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1789-1790; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Beatrice E. Gay, Hans-Rudolf Räz, Hans-Rudolf Schmid, and Jürg H. Beer

Long-term application of lepirudin on chronic haemodialysis over 34 months after heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1790-1791; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antoine Thierry, Brigitte Dreyfus, Frank Bridoux, Ramzi Abou Ayache, Serge Milin, François Guilhot, and Guy Touchard

Long-term molecular efficacy and safety of imatinib in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1791-1792; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Véronique D. Roux and Martin Plaisance

Abdominal manifestations associated with use of a surface-treated AN69 membrane and ACEI during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1792-1793; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm064 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephanos Karagiannis, Spyros Goulas, Georgios Kosmadakis, Polyxeni Metaxaki, John N. Boletis, and Christos Mavrogiannis

Renal transplant recipients have longer small bowel transit time than the general population
NDT Advance Access published on February 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1793-1794; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kyung Woo Park, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hack-Lyoung Kim, Yong-Seok Kim, Sang-Ho Jo, Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Young-Suk Cho, Woo-Young Chung, Tae-Jin Yeon, In-Ho Chae, Dong-Joo Choi, Hyo-Soo Kim, Byung-Hee Oh, and Young-Bae Park

The incidence and predictors of contrast-induced nephropathy in adequately hydrated elderly patients with impaired renal function
NDT Advance Access published on February 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1794-1795; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm074 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pratish George, Jasmine Das, Basant Pawar, and Charles Itty

Coronary artery vasospasm with iron sucrose
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1795-1796; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm025 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nina Gatter, Bernd Hoppe, Friederike Nützenadel, Rüdiger Waldherr, and Uwe Querfeld

A cutaneous disease with multisystem involvement: hypomelanosis of Ito may be associated with proteinuria, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1796-1798; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm042 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Varun Sundaram, Georgi Abraham, Vivek Sundaram, Milly Mathew, Shanmuga Bhaskar, Janagi Ponnusamy, and Satish Prabu

Rapamycin-induced hypokalaemic nephropathy in a middle-aged hypertensive male
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1798; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm081 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mustafa Altay, Izzet Yavuz, Oktay Bagdatoglu, and Murat Duranay

Unexpected and late diagnosis (28th week) of pregnancy in a 39-year-old patient on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1799; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naureen Aslam, Mark Lambie, Vicki Ayub, and Andrew Stein

Use of tunnelled haemodialysis catheters at the start of haemodialysis—success rates and definition of infection
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1799-1800; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Arduino Arduini and Mario Bonomini

Reply: potential Mode of Action of L-carnitine on uraemic anaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1801; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1802-1804; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm373 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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