Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In This Issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn324 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Stanley Shaldon and Joerg Vienken

The long forgotten salt factor and the benefits of using a 5-g-salt-restricted diet in all ESRD patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2118-2120; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Devuyst and Eric Goffin

Water and solute transport in peritoneal dialysis: models and clinical applications
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2120-2123; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn298 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marianne Haag-Weber

The impact of residual renal function on survival
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2123-2126; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn096 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sean M. Bagshaw

Short- and long-term survival after acute kidney injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2126-2128; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn300 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurent Daniel, Laetitia Dou, Yvon Berland, Philippe Lesavre, Lise Mecarelli-Halbwachs, and Francoise Dignat-George

Circulating microparticles in renal diseases
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2129-2132; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn029 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pro/Con Debate

Albert Mimran and Guilhem du Cailar

Dietary sodium: the dark horse amongst cardiovascular and renal risk factors
NDT Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2138-2141; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael F. Flessner

Distributed model of peritoneal transport: implications of the endothelial glycocalyx
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2142-2146; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bengt Rippe

Free water transport, small pore transport and the osmotic pressure gradient three-pore model of peritoneal transport
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2147-2153; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Bernard M. Moinier and Tilman B. Drüeke

Aphrodite, sex and salt—from butterfly to man
NDT Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2154-2161; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm956 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmine Zoccali, Daniel Abramowicz, Jorge B Cannata-Andia, Pierre Cochat, Adrian Covic, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Denis Fouque, Olof Heimburger, Alison McLeod, Elizabeth Lindley, Francesco Locatelli, Goce Spasovski, James Tattersall, Wim Van Biesen, Christopher Wanner, and Raymond Vanholder

European best practice quo vadis? From European best practice guidelines (EBPG) to European renal best practice (ERBP)
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2162-2166; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn238 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shinong Wang, Grace M. Mitu, and Raimund Hirschberg

Osmotic polyuria: an overlooked mechanism in diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2167-2172; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Frank Eitner and Jürgen Floege

Bacterial protease for the treatment of IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2173-2175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn155 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alice Smith, Karen Molyneux, John Feehally, and Jonathan Barratt

Is sialylation of IgA the agent provocateur of IgA nephropathy?
NDT Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2176-2178; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Article

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Christiane Rüster, Tzvetanka Bondeva, Sybille Franke, Martin Förster, and Gunter Wolf

Advanced glycation end-products induce cell cycle arrest and hypertrophy in podocytes
NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2179-2191; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eleonora Grandi, Marco Govoni, Simone Furini, Stefano Severi, Emanuele Giordano, Antonio Santoro, and Silvio Cavalcanti

Induction of NO synthase 2 in ventricular cardiomyocytes incubated with a conventional bicarbonate dialysis bath
NDT Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2192-2197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jinghui Luo, Takayuki Tsuji, Hideo Yasuda, Yuan Sun, Yoshihide Fujigaki, and Akira Hishida

The molecular mechanisms of the attenuation of cisplatin-induced acute renal failure by N-acetylcysteine in rats
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2198-2205; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Omer Bayrak, Nuket Bavbek, Omer Faruk Karatas, Reyhan Bayrak, Ferhat Catal, Ersin Cimentepe, Ali Akbas, Erol Yildirim, Dogan Unal, and Ali Akcay

Nigella sativa protects against ischaemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidneys
NDT Advance Access published on January 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2206-2212; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm953 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shai Efrati, Sylvia Berman, Gadi Ben Aharon, Yariv Siman-Tov, Zhan Averbukh, and Joshua Weissgarten

Application of normobaric hyperoxia therapy for amelioration of haemorrhagic shock-induced acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2213-2222; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Minhtri K. Nguyen and Ira Kurtz

Correction of hypervolaemic hypernatraemia by inducing negative Na⁺ and K⁺ balance in excess of negative water balance: a new quantitative approach
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2223-2227; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm932 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adrian Covic, Adalbert Schiller, Nicoleta-Genoveva Mardare, Ligia Petrica, Maxim Petrica, Adelina Mihaescu, and Norica Posta

The impact of acute kidney injury on short-term survival in an Eastern European population with stroke
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2228-2234; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm591 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helmut Schiffl and Rainald Fischer

Five-year outcomes of severe acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on April 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2235-2241; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Verônica Verleine Hörbe Antunes, Francisco José Veríssimo Veronese, and José Vanildo Morales

Diagnostic accuracy of the protein/creatinine ratio in urine samples to estimate 24-h proteinuria in patients with primary glomerulopathies: a longitudinal study
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2242-2246; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm949 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel C. Cattran, Heather N. Reich, Heather J. Beanlands, Judith A. Miller, James W. Scholey, and Stéphan Troyanov for the Genes, Gender and Glomerulonephritis Group

The impact of sex in primary glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2247-2253; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm919 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takashi Oda, Kikuko Tamura, Nobuyuki Yoshizawa, Tetsuzo Sugisaki, Koichi Matsumoto, Motoshi Hattori, Toshihiro Sawai, Tamehachi Namikoshi, Muneharu Yamada, Yuichi Kikuchi, Shigenobu Suzuki, and Soichiro Miura

Elevated urinary plasmin activity resistant to ₂-antiplasmin in acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2254-2259; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm937 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel P. K. Ng, Siti Nurbaya, Serena Choo, David Koh, Kee-seng Chia, and Andrzej S. Krolewski

Genetic variation at the SLC12A3 locus is unlikely to explain risk for advanced diabetic nephropathy in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on February 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2260-2264; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm946 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrzej Surdacki, Ewa Marewicz, Ewa Wieteska, Grzegorz Szastak, Tomasz Rakowski, Ewa Wieczorek-Surdacka, Dariusz Dudek, Juliusz Pryjma, and Jacek S. Dubiel

Association between endothelial progenitor cell depletion in blood and mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency in stable angina
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2265-2273; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm943 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michel Chonchol, Michal Benderly, and Uri Goldbourt

Beta-blockers for coronary heart disease in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2274-2279; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm950 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Markus Kosch, Andrea Levers, Detlef Lang, Valerie Bartels, Karl Heinz Rahn, Hermann Pavenstädt, and Martin Hausberg

A randomized, double-blind study of valsartan versus metoprolol on arterial distensibility and endothelial function in essential hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2280-2285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm936 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nigel S. Kanagasundaram, Tom Greene, Armand B. Larive, John T. Daugirdas, Thomas A. Depner, Emil P. Paganini, and on behalf of the Project for the Improvement of the Care of Acute Renal Dysfunction (PICARD) Study Group

Dosing intermittent haemodialysis in the intensive care unit patient with acute renal failure—estimation of urea removal and evidence for the regional blood flow model
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2286-2298; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm938 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pierre Antoine Brown, Brendan B. McCormick, Greg Knoll, Yinghua Su, Steve Doucette, Dean Fergusson, and Susan Lavoie

Complications and catheter survival with prolonged embedding of peritoneal dialysis catheters
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2299-2303; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Toyotaka Nishio, Norito Takamura, Ryuuichi Nishii, Jin Tokunaga, Mitsuyoshi Yoshimoto, and Keiichi Kawai

Influences of haemodialysis on the binding sites of human serum albumin: possibility of an efficacious administration plan using binding inhibition
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2304-2310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Geoffrey A. Block, Steven Zeig, Jared Sugihara, Glenn M. Chertow, Eric M. Chi, Stewart A. Turner, David A. Bushinsky, and for the TARGET Investigators

Combined therapy with cinacalcet and low doses of vitamin D sterols in patients with moderate to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on February 29, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2311-2318; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sandro Mazzaferro, Marzia Pasquali, Alessio Farcomeni, Anna Rita Vestri, Angelo Filippini, Anna Maria Romani, Giusi Barresi, and Francesco Pugliese

Parathyroidectomy as a therapeutic tool for targeting the recommended NKF-K/DOQI^TM ranges for serum calcium, phosphate and parathyroid hormone in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2319-2323; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm931 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shinnichiro Niizuma, Shin Takiuchi, Sadanori Okada, Takeshi Horio, Kei Kamide, Hiroto Nakata, Fumiki Yoshihara, Satoko Nakamura, Yuhei Kawano, Hajime Nakahama, Yoshitaka Iwanaga, and Satoshi Nakatani

Decreased coronary flow reserve in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2324-2328; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm954 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kiyoshi Maekawa, Tetsuo Shoji, Masanori Emoto, Senji Okuno, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Eiji Ishimura, Masaaki Inaba, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Influence of atherosclerosis on the relationship between anaemia and mortality risk in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2329-2336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm929 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincenzo Panichi, Giovanni M. Rizza, Sabrina Paoletti, Roberto Bigazzi, Mauro Aloisi, Giuliano Barsotti, Paolo Rindi, Giacli' Donati, Alessandro Antonelli, Erica Panicucci, Gianni Tripepi, Ciro Tetta, Roberto Palla, and on behalf of the RISCAVID Study Group

Chronic inflammation and mortality in haemodialysis: effect of different renal replacement therapies. Results from the RISCAVID study
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2337-2343; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm951 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tuba Turunç, Yusuf Ziya Demiroglu, Hikmet Aliskan, Sule Çolakoglu, Funda Timurkaynak, Nurhan Özdemir, and Hande Arslan

Brucellosis in cases of end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2344-2349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm925 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alena Parikova, Watske Smit, Machteld M. Zweers, Dirk G. Struijk, and Raymond T. Krediet

Free water transport, small pore transport and the osmotic pressure gradient
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2350-2355; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm768 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kook-Hwan Oh, Ju-Young Moon, Jieun Oh, Seong Gyun Kim, Young-Hwan Hwang, Suhnggwon Kim, Jung Sang Lee, and Curie Ahn

Baseline peritoneal solute transport rate is not associated with markers of systemic inflammation or comorbidity in incident Korean peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2356-2364; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm921 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract François Kleinclauss, Marc Gigante, Yann Neuzillet, Marc Mouzin, Nicolas Terrier, Laurent Salomon, François Iborra, Jacques Petit, Luc Cormier, Eric Lechevallier, and for the Renal Transplantation Committee of the French Urological Association (AFU)

Prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2374-2380; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gautam R. Shroff, Melissa Skeans, and Charles A. Herzog

Outcomes of renal transplant and waiting list patients with bacterial endocarditis in the United States
NDT Advance Access published on February 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2381-2385; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bernhard K. Krämer, Domingo Del Castillo, Raimund Margreiter, Heide Sperschneider, Christoph J. Olbricht, Joaquín Ortuño, Urban Sester, Ulrich Kunzendorf, Karl-Heinz Dietl, Vittorio Bonomini, Paolo Rigotti, Claudio Ronco, Jose M. Tabernero, Manuel Rivero, Bernhard Banas, Ferdinand Mühlbacher, Manuel Arias, Giuseppe Montagnino, and for the European Tacrolimus versus Ciclosporin Microemulsion Renal Transplantation Study Group

Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus compared with ciclosporin A in renal transplantation: three-year observational results
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2386-2392; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Isabel Aguilera, Antonia Alvarez-Marquez, Miguel Angel Gentil, Jorge Fernandez-Alonso, Julia Fijo, Carmen Saez, Ingeborg Wichmann, and Antonio Nuñez-Roldan

Anti-glutathione S-transferase T1 antibody-mediated rejection in C4d-positive renal allograft recipients
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2393-2398; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm955 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Brief Report

Get checked abstract Frédéric Vandergheynst and Guy Decaux

Lack of elevation of urinary albumin excretion among patients with chronic syndromes of inappropriate antidiuresis
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2399-2401; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communication

Get checked abstract Renske Raaijmakers, Wendy Pluk, Cornelis H. Schröder, Jolein Gloerich, Elisabeth A.M. Cornelissen, Hans J.C.T. Wessels, Johannes L. Willems, Leo A.H. Monnens, and Lambert P.W.J. van den Heuvel

Proteomic profiling and identification in peritoneal fluid of children treated by peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2402-2405; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Case

Oliver Monfredi, Colin Jones, and Niall Warnock

No way in & no way out: a case of renal failure due to both pre- and post-renal obstruction
NDT Advance Access published on April 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2406-2408; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn156 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hamidian Jahromi A., Ian S. D. Roberts, Chris G. Winearls, and Anil Vaidya

Acute renal failure secondary to oxalosis in a recipient of a simultaneous kidney–pancreas transplant: was mycophenolate the cause?
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2409-2411; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn194 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul J. Murray, Katie Thomas, Christopher J. Mulgrew, Sian Ellard, Emma L. Edghill, and Coralie Bingham

Whole gene deletion of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β gene in a patient with the prune-belly syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2412-2415; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn169 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Béatrice Viron, Claire-Antoinette Dupuy, Amir Kolta, and Nicole Casadevall

Successful re-challenge with darbepoetin in a patient with rHu-EPO-induced pure red cell aplasia refractory to immunosuppressive drugs
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2416-2418; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Educational Feature

Nephroquiz

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Giorgio Soragna, Giovanni Palladini, Andrea Magnano, Antonella Sargiotto, Giuseppe Picciotto, and Massimo Terzolo

End-stage renal failure due to amyloidosis and recurrent fever on dialysis—is there a link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2419-2421; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm285 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology

Murugesan Ram Prabahar, Matcha Jayakumar, and Periasamy Soundararajan

Chronic inferior venacava thrombosis in membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2422-2423; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn245 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Varia

Letters and Replies

Sang-Ho Jo, Bon-Kwon Koo, Tae-Jin Youn, and Hyo-Soo Kim

Conclusion of recent ‘osmolality trials’ in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy by NAC—what is the standard?
NDT Advance Access published on April 29, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2424; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn163 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Kimmel and Dominik Mark Alscher

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 29, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2424-2425; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn166 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna Urbaniak, Waclaw Weyde, Danuta Smolska, Ewa Zagocka, Renata Klak, Mariusz Kusztal, Magdalena Krajewska, Mieczyslaw Wozniak, and Marian Klinger

S-cystatin C formulae or combination of s-cystatin C and s-creatinine formulae do not improve prediction of GFR
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2425-2426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn136 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Per Sjöström, Martin Tidman, and Ian Jones

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2426-2427; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew D. Rule and Timothy S. Larson

Do we need another equation to estimate GFR from serum creatinine in renal allograft recipients?
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2427-2428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn119 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ume Pöge and Rainer P. Woitas

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn154 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Righetti

Hopeful for a second HOPE-2 post hoc analysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2428-2429; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johannes F. E. Mann and Eva M. Lonn

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2429-2430; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Serena Slavenburg and Joost P. H. Drenth

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in haemodialysis patients requires more ribavirin
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2430; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn022 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert van Leusen and Adriaan CITL Tan

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2430-2431; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Labriola and Michel Jadoul

New recommendations in the treatment of Gram-positive bacteraemia in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2431-2432; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn193 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio Ponticelli

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2432-2433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn197 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniele Marcelli, Nick Richards, and Claudia Amato

The modern haemodialysis factory: Must quality improvement trump personalized care?
NDT Advance Access published on April 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn050 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David C. Mendelssohn and Mark Benaroia

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2433-2434; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters

Alfonso Otero-González, Cristina Pérez-Melón, María José Camba, Alfonso Iglesias, Juan Bravo, Enrique Novoa, and Emilio Armada

Haemodialysis in satellite units outside the hospital
NDT Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2434-2435; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn164 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Loredana Colla, Marita Marengo, Ester Gallo, Andrea Magnano, Giuseppe Picciotto, and Claudio Rabbia

Angioplasty of the renal artery as a trigger for acute anti-phospholipid syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2435-2436; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm304 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jaume Almirall, Meritxell Bricullé, and José-Miguel Gonzalez-Clemente

Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus: incidence and presentation in common clinical practice
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2436-2438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn152 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata

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