Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn141 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Paul E. de Jong and Ron T. Gansevoort

Fact or fiction of the epidemic of chronic kidney disease—let us not squabble about estimated GFR only, but also focus on albuminuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1092-1095; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn028 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU): a step forward to understanding an elusive oculorenal syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1095-1097; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm940 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Lengelé, Hendrica Belge, and Olivier Devuyst

Periodic paralyses: when channels go wrong
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1098-1101; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn011 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Gross and Constanze Meye

Proximal RTA: Are all the charts completed yet?
NDT Advance Access published on January 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1101-1102; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm933 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maarten J. Postma, Cornelis Boersma, and Ron T. Gansevoort

Pharmacoeconomics in nephrology: considerations on cost-effectiveness of screening for albuminuria
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1103-1106; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl756 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Geiger Helmut

T-cells in angiotensin-II-induced vascular damage
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1107-1108; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm867 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miriam Zacchia and Giovambattista Capasso

Parvalbumin: a key protein in early distal tubule NaCl reabsorption
NDT Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1109-1111; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm886 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases Beyond Nephrology

Guntram Schernthaner

Kidney disease in diabetology: lessons from 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1112-1115; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature

Kitty J. Jager and Carmine Zoccali

Quality of care in end-stage renal disease: the importance of comparing ‘apples with apples’
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1116; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm876 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debate On The 'Epidemic' Of Chronic Kidney Disease The Challenge

Richard J. Glassock and Christopher Winearls

An epidemic of chronic kidney disease: fact or fiction?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1117-1121; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Reply

Josef Coresh, Lesley A. Stevens, and Andrew S. Levey

Chronic kidney disease is common: What do we do next?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1122-1125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Article

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Chiz-Tzung Chang, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Yung-Chang Chen, Tzung-Hai Yen, Mai-Szu Wu, Chih-Wei Yang, Aled Phillips, and Ya-Chung Tian

Transforming growth factor-β1 decreases epithelial sodium channel functionality in renal collecting duct cells via a Smad4-dependent pathway
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1126-1134; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm786 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christian Rosenberger, Marina Goldfarb, Ahuva Shina, Sebastian Bachmann, Ulrich Frei, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Thomas Schrader, Seymour Rosen, and Samuel N. Heyman

Evidence for sustained renal hypoxia and transient hypoxia adaptation in experimental rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1135-1143; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm808 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bernd Hohenstein, Andrea Braun, Kerstin U. Amann, Richard J. Johnson, and Christian P. M. Hugo

A murine model of site-specific renal microvascular endothelial injury and thrombotic microangiopathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1144-1156; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm774 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stéphane Burtey, Marta Riera, Emilie Ribe, Petra Pennekamp, Edith Passage, Roselyne Rance, Bernd Dworniczak, and Michel Fontés

Overexpression of PKD2 in the mouse is associated with renal tubulopathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1157-1165; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm763 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shuichi Ohtomo, Masaomi Nangaku, Yuko Izuhara, Shunya Takizawa, Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, and Toshio Miyata

Cobalt ameliorates renal injury in an obese, hypertensive type 2 diabetes rat model
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1166-1172; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm715 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zenaide Providello Moyses, Fausto Kigui Nakandakari, and Antonio José Magaldi

Fluoxetine effect on kidney water reabsorption
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1173-1178; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura G. Sánchez-Lozada, Edilia Tapia, Virgilia Soto, Carmen Ávila-Casado, Martha Franco, Lin Zhao, and Richard J. Johnson

Treatment with the xanthine oxidase inhibitor febuxostat lowers uric acid and alleviates systemic and glomerular hypertension in experimental hyperuricaemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1179-1185; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm783 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovambattista Capasso, Chiara Iolanda Di Gennaro, Fulvio Della Ragione, Caterina Manna, Roberto Ciarcia, Salvatore Florio, Angelica Perna, Rosa Maria Pollastro, Sara Damiano, Orazio Mazzoni, Patrizia Galletti, and Vincenzo Zappia

In vivo effect of the natural antioxidant hydroxytyrosol on cyclosporine nephrotoxicity in rats
NDT Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1186-1195; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm784 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patrizia Comoli, Fabrizio Ginevri, Rita Maccario, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, Massimo Marconi, Antonella Groff, Angela Cometa, Michela Cioni, Laura Porretti, Walter Barberi, Francesco Frassoni, and Franco Locatelli

Human mesenchymal stem cells inhibit antibody production induced in vitro by allostimulation
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1196-1202; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm740 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Sean M. Bagshaw, Carol George, Irina Dinu, and Rinaldo Bellomo

A multi-centre evaluation of the RIFLE criteria for early acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1203-1210; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm744 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ze’ev Katzir, Dganit Dinour, Haike Reznik-Wolf, Andrea Nissenkorn, and Eliezer Holtzman

Familial pure proximal renal tubular acidosis—a clinical and genetic study
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1211-1215; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew J. Palmer, William J. Valentine, Roland Chen, Nazanin Mehin, Sylvie Gabriel, Bruno Bregman, and Roger A. Rodby

A health economic analysis of screening and optimal treatment of nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the USA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1216-1223; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne Kaukinen, Arvi-Matti Kuusniemi, Irmeli Lautenschlager, and Hannu Jalanko

Glomerular endothelium in kidneys with congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type (NPHS1)
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1224-1232; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm799 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Garvan C. Kane, Anthony W. Stanson, Dita Kalnicka, David W. Rosenthal, Christine U. Lee, Stephen C. Textor, and Vesna D. Garovic

Comparison between gadolinium and iodine contrast for percutaneous intervention in atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: clinical outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on February 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1233-1240; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm725 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Kimmel, Moritz Butscheid, Stefanie Brenner, Ulrich Kuhlmann, Ulrich Klotz, and Dominik Mark Alscher

Improved estimation of glomerular filtration rate by serum cystatin C in preventing contrast induced nephropathy by N-acetylcysteine or zinc—preliminary results
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1241-1245; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm785 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elke S. Schaeffner, Tobias Kurth, Thomas S. Bowman, Rebecca P. Gelber, and J. Michael Gaziano

Blood pressure measures and risk of chronic kidney disease in men
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1246-1251; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm757 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lena Andersson, Börje Haraldsson, Caroline Johansson, and Lars Barregard

Methodological issues on the use of urinary alpha-1-microglobuline in epidemiological studies
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1252-1256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm729 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joanne L. Carter, Shelagh E. O’Riordan, Gillian L. Eaglestone, Michael P. Delaney, and Edmund J. Lamb

Chronic kidney disease prevalence in a UK residential care home population
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1257-1264; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm792 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rudolf P. Obermayr, Christian Temml, Maarten Knechtelsdorfer, Georg Gutjahr, Josef Kletzmayr, Susanne Heiss, Anton Ponholzer, Stephan Madersbacher, Rainer Oberbauer, and Renate Klauser-Braun

Predictors of new-onset decline in kidney function in a general middle-european population
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1265-1273; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm790 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Abdolrahim Nikzamir, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati, and Armin Rashidi

Correlates of ACE activity in macroalbuminuric type 2 diabetic patients treated with chronic ACE inhibition
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1274-1277; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm745 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria C.E. Rossi, Antonio Nicolucci, Fabio Pellegrini, Marco Comaschi, Antonio Ceriello, Domenico Cucinotta, Carlo Giorda, Umberto Valentini, Giacomo Vespasiani, and Salvatore De Cosmo

Identifying patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk of microalbuminuria: results of the DEMAND (Developing Education on Microalbuminuria for Awareness of reNal and cardiovascular risk in Diabetes) Study
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1278-1284; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm798 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kati Kaartinen, Jaana Syrjänen, Ilkka Pörsti, Mikko Hurme, Aimo Harmoinen, Amos Pasternack, Heini Huhtala, and Jukka Mustonen

Inflammatory markers and the progression of IgA glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1285-1290; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm782 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rasheed Gbadegesin, Bernward G. Hinkes, Bethan E. Hoskins, Christopher N. Vlangos, Saskia F. Heeringa, Jinhong Liu, Chantal Loirat, Fatih Ozaltin, Seema Hashmi, Francis Ulmer, Roxanna Cleper, Robert Ettenger, Corinne Antignac, Roger C. Wiggins, Martin Zenker, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt

Mutations in PLCE1 are a major cause of isolated diffuse mesangial sclerosis (IDMS)
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1291-1297; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Melvin M. Schwartz, Stephen M. Korbet, Edmund J. Lewis, and for the Collaborative Study Group

The prognosis and pathogenesis of severe lupus glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1298-1306; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm775 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Weixin Hu, Chunbei Liu, Honglang Xie, Huiping Chen, Zhihong Liu, and Leishi Li

Mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for inducing remission of ANCA vasculitis with moderate renal involvement
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1307-1312; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm780 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincenzo De Biase, Olga Tobaldini, Claudia Boaretti, Cataldo Abaterusso, Nicoletta Pertica, Carmelo Loschiavo, Gaetano Trabucco, Antonio Lupo, and Giovanni Gambaro

Prolonged conservative treatment for frail elderly patients with end-stage renal disease: the Verona experience
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1313-1317; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm772 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation

Get checked abstract Waclaw Weyde, Magdalena Krajewska, Waldemar Letachowicz, Tomasz Porazko, Ewa Watorek, Mariusz Kusztal, Miroslaw Banasik, Tomasz Golebiowski, Hanna Bartosik, Katarzyna Madziarska, Dariusz Janczak, and Marian Klinger

Obesity is not an obstacle for successful autogenous arteriovenous fistula creation in haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1318-1322; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sandro Alloatti, Giovanni FM Strippoli, Gherardo Buccianti, Giuseppe Daidone, Francesco P Schena, and on behalf of the Italian Society of Nephrology

Current structure and organization for renal patient assistance in Italy
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1323-1329; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm809 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Youri E. C. Taes, Bart Marescau, An De Vriese, Peter P. De Deyn, Eva Schepers, Raymond Vanholder, and Joris R. Delanghe

Guanidino compounds after creatine supplementation in renal failure patients and their relation to inflammatory status
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1330-1335; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm793 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sofia Feinstein, Choni Rinat, Rachel Becker-Cohen, Efrat Ben-Shalom, Shepard B. Schwartz, and Yaacov Frishberg

The outcome of chronic dialysis in infants and toddlers—advantages and drawbacks of haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1336-1345; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm734 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bernd Hohenstein, Christian P.M. Hugo, Birgit Hausknecht, Kirsten P. Boehmer, Regine H. Riess, and Roland E. Schmieder

Analysis of NO-synthase expression and clinical risk factors in human diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1346-1354; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm797 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shirley Yumi Hayashi, Astrid Seeberger, Britta Lind, Sigurd Gunnes, Anders Alvestrand, Marcelo Mazza do Nascimento, Bengt Lindholm, and Lars-Åke Brodin

Acute effects of low and high intravenous doses of furosemide on myocardial function in anuric haemodialysis patients: a tissue Doppler study
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1355-1361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm805 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen M. Majchrzak, Lara B. Pupim, Paul J. Flakoll, and T. Alp Ikizler

Resistance exercise augments the acute anabolic effects of intradialytic oral nutritional supplementation
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1362-1369; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm773 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sascha David, Philipp Kümpers, Vega Seidler, Frank Biertz, Hermann Haller, and Danilo Fliser

Diagnostic value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) for left ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 on haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1370-1377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm700 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefano Severi, Eleonora Grandi, Chiara Pes, Fabio Badiali, Fabio Grandi, and Antonio Santoro

Calcium and potassium changes during haemodialysis alter ventricular repolarization duration: in vivo and in silico analysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1378-1386; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm765 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan J. Díez, Jose Luis Miguel, Rosa Codoceo, Pedro Iglesias, M. Auxiliadora Bajo, Carmen Sánchez, Gloria del Peso, Fernando Gil, Jorge Martinez-Ara, Pilar González Gancedo, and Rafael Selgas

Effects of cinacalcet on gastrointestinal hormone release in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism undergoing dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1387-1395; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm776 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marilyn Li, George Tomlinson, Gary Naglie, Wendy L Cook, and Sarbjit Vanita Jassal

Geriatric comorbidities, such as falls, confer an independent mortality risk to elderly dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1396-1400; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul G. Lankisch, Bettina Weber-Dany, Patrick Maisonneuve, and Albert B. Lowenfels

Frequency and severity of acute pancreatitis in chronic dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1401-1405; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm769 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Henri Vacher-Coponat, Corinne Brunet, Luc Lyonnet, Elodie Bonnet, Andersen Loundou, José Sampol, Valérie Moal, Bertrand Dussol, Philippe Brunet, Yvon Berland, Françoise Dignat-George, and Pascale Paul

Natural killer cell alterations correlate with loss of renal function and dialysis duration in uraemic patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1406-1414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Santoro, Elena Mancini, Gerad London, Lucile Mercadal, Hafedh Fessy, Bruno Perrone, Leonardo Cagnoli, Eleonora Grandi, Stefano Severi, and Silvio Cavalcanti

Patients with complex arrhythmias during and after haemodialysis suffer from different regimens of potassium removal
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1415-1421; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm730 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sergio R. De Antonio, Luciana T. S. Saber, Rosangela S. Chriguer, and Margaret de Castro

Glucocorticoid resistance in dialysis patients may impair the kidney allograft outcome
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1422-1428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm788 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susanne Aull-Watschinger, Hermina Konstantin, Demetrakis Demetriou, Martin Schillinger, Antje Habicht, Walter H. Hörl, and Bruno Watschinger

Pre-transplant predictors of cerebrovascular events after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1429-1435; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm766 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Esteban Porrini, Patricia Delgado, Alejandra Alvarez, Marian Cobo, Lourdes Pérez, José M. González-Posada, Luis Hortal, Roberto Gallego, José J. García, Maria Checa, Adelaida Morales, Eduardo Salido, Domingo Hernández, and Armando Torres

The combined effect of pre-transplant triglyceride levels and the type of calcineurin inhibitor in predicting the risk of new onset diabetes after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1436-1441; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm762 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miriam C. Banas, Bernhard Banas, Johanna Wolf, Ute Hoffmann, Bernd Krüger, Carsten A. Böger, Stephan R. Orth, and Bernhard K. Krämer

Smoking behaviour of patients before and after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1442-1446; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Brief Report

Get checked abstract Cüneyt Ensari

The basic needs of children on haemodialysis in Turkey
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1447-1448; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Ivica Grgic, Han Si, Candan Depboylu, Günter U. Höglinger, Christoph Busch, Willm-Thomas Heyken, Uwe Kuhlmann, Tanja Maier, Ralf Köhler, and Joachim Hoyer

Hyperkalaemia in a tetraplegic adolescent due to de novo sodium channel mutation
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1449-1451; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm585 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Case

Lynda Abed, Aicha Merouani, Elie Haddad, Genevieve Benoit, Luc Laurier Oligny, and Hervé Sartelet

Presence of autoantibodies against tubular and uveal cells in a patient with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1452-1455; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm890 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VI. Varia

Letters and Replies

Irina Shahapuni, Najeh E. L. Esper, Roxana Opisiv, Ziad Massy, Gabriel Choukroun, Michèle Garabedian, and Albert Fournier

Risk factors of the progression of abdominal aortic calcification in patients on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1456-1457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm686 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhiro Yamada and Shouichi Fujimoto

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1457-1458; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm692 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Díaz-Atauri, P. Ausín, J. Sayas, F. G. Torralba, and J. Morales

Confirming high prevalence of patients with a high risk for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1458-1459; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm498 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miklos Zsolt Molnar, Istvan Mucsi, and Marta Novak

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on July 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1459; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm499 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Cohen

Cinacalcet: benefit and cost
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1460; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm747 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masafumi Fukagawa and Tadao Akizawa

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1460; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm794 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela Marino and Nicola Giotta

Cinacalcet, fetuin-A and interleukin-6
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1460-1461; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm856 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Piergiorgio Messa

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1461-1462; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm871 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles J. Diskin

An understanding of trace metal physiology as an aid to interpretation of clearance studies by artificial organs
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1462; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm820 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariann D. Churchwell, Imad F. Btaiche, Deborah A. Pasko, and Bruce A. Mueller

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NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1462-1463; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm822 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caterina Canavese, Martino Marangella, and Piero Stratta

Think of oxalate when using ascorbate supplementation to optimize iron therapy in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1463-1464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm819 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. M. Schaefer

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NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm821 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Detlef H. Krieter and Bernard Canaud

New strategies in haemodialfiltration (HDF)––prospective comparative analysis between online mixed HDF and mid-dilution HDF
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1465-1466; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm604 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annalisa Feliciani and Luciano A. Pedrini

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1466; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm841 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Jennifer B. Othersen, John C. Maize, Jr., Robert F. Woolson, and Milos N. Budisavljevic

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis after exposure to gadolinium in patients with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1467; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn134 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review on uraemic toxins III: recommendations for handling uraemic retention solutes in vitro—towards a standardized approach for research on uraemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1468; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn135 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1469-1470; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn192 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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