Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In This Issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn509 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Jonas Axelsson

The emerging biology of adipose tissue in chronic kidney disease: from fat to facts
NDT Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3041-3046; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn376 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

János Peti-Peterdi, Jung Julie Kang, and Ildiko Toma

Activation of the renal renin–angiotensin system in diabetes—new concepts
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3047-3049; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn377 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Floege

Calcium-containing phosphate binders in dialysis patients with cardiovascular calcifications: should we CARE-2 avoid them?
NDT Advance Access published on July 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3050-3052; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn393 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Shaun Summers, Stephen Holdsworth, and Edward Sharples

The (re)challenging question of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents inducing pure red cell aplasia
NDT Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3053-3055; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn326 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anke Rietveld and Jo H. M. Berden

Renal replacement therapy in lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3056-3060; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn429 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher T. Chan

Heart rate variability in patients with end-stage renal disease: an emerging predictive tool for sudden cardiac death?
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3061-3062; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn280 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Walter H. Hörl

New insights into intestinal iron absorption
NDT Advance Access published on August 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3063-3064; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn458 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter G. Tipping

Crescentic nephritis—is it in your genes?
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3065-3066; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn402 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Article

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Xiang Xue, Ying Xiao, Hongli Zhu, Hui Wang, Yongzhen Liu, Tianpei Xie, and Jin Ren

Induction of P450 1A by 3-methylcholanthrene protects mice from aristolochic acid-I-induced acute renal injury
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3074-3081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chia-Chao Wu, Kuo-Cheng Lu, Jin-Shuen Chen, Hsin-Yi Hsieh, Shih-Hua Lin, Pauling Chu, Jia-Yi Wang, Huey-Kang Sytwu, and Yuh-Feng Lin

HO-1 induction ameliorates experimental murine membranous nephropathy: anti-oxidative, anti-apoptotic and immunomodulatory effects
NDT Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3082-3090; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joyce Geelen, Federica Valsecchi, Thea van der Velden, Lambertus van den Heuvel, Leo Monnens, and Marina Morigi

Shiga-toxin-induced firm adhesion of human leukocytes to endothelium is in part mediated by heparan sulfate
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3091-3095; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Masaaki Nakayama, Keisuke Nakayama, Wan-Jun Zhu, Yuko Shirota, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Toshinobu Sato, Masahiro Kohno, and Sadayoshi Ito

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte injury by methylglyoxal and hydrogen peroxide: a possible pathological role for enhanced oxidative stress in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3096-3102; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn218 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Willemijn A. K. M. Windt, Robert H. Henning, Alex C. A. Kluppel, Ying Xu, Dick de Zeeuw, and Richard P. E. van Dokkum

Myocardial infarction does not further impair renal damage in 5/6 nephrectomized rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3103-3110; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Núria Lloberas, Joan Torras, Gabriela Alperovich, Josep M. Cruzado, Pepita Giménez-Bonafé, Immaculada Herrero-Fresneda, Marcel·la Franquesa, Inés Rama, and Josep M. Grinyó

Different renal toxicity profiles in the association of cyclosporine and tacrolimus with sirolimus in rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3111-3119; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Eva Riveira-Munoz, Olivier Devuyst, Hendrica Belge, Nikola Jeck, Laurence Strompf, Rosa Vargas-Poussou, Xavier Jeunemaître, Anne Blanchard, Nine V. Knoers, Martin Konrad, and Karin Dahan

Evaluating PVALB as a candidate gene for SLC12A3-negative cases of Gitelman's syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3120-3125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wataru Kitagawa, Hirokazu Imai, Atsushi Komatsuda, Nobuki Maki, Hideki Wakui, Yoshiyuki Hiki, and Satoshi Sugiyama

The HLA-DRB1^*1501 allele is prevalent among Japanese patients with anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3126-3129; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johannes Achenbach, Michael Mengel, Irini Tossidou, Imke Peters, Joon-Keun Park, Marion Haubitz, Jochen H. Ehrich, Hermann Haller, and Mario Schiffer

Parietal epithelia cells in the urine as a marker of disease activity in glomerular diseases
NDT Advance Access published on May 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3138-3145; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marije Löwik, Elena Levtchenko, Dineke Westra, Patricia Groenen, Eric Steenbergen, Jan Weening, Marc Lilien, Leo Monnens, and Lambert van den Heuvel

Bigenic heterozygosity and the development of steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3146-3151; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Koji Harada, Yasuhiro Akai, Yukinari Yamaguchi, Kuniko Kimura, Yoshiharu Nishitani, Kimihiko Nakatani, Masayuki Iwano, and Yoshihiko Saito

Prediction of corticosteroid responsiveness based on fibroblast-specific protein 1 (FSP1) in patients with IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3152-3159; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julia M. Hofstra, Jeroen K. J. Deegens, Eric J. Steenbergen, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Urinary excretion of fatty acid-binding proteins in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3160-3165; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cheng-Hsu Chen, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Mei-Chin Wen, Kuo-Jung Chen, Chi-Hung Cheng, Jong-Da Lian, Ming-Ju Wu, Tung-Min Yu, and Fuu-Jen Tsai

Impact of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene polymorphisms on  primary membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3166-3173; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn258 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Galle, Edzard Schwedhelm, Sabine Pinnetti, Rainer H. Böger, and Christoph Wanner on behalf of the VIVALDI investigators

Antiproteinuric effects of angiotensin receptor blockers: telmisartan versus valsartan in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and overt nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3174-3183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nedal H. Arar, Venkata S. Voruganti, Subrata D. Nath, Farook Thameem, Richard Bauer, Shelley A. Cole, John Blangero, Jean W. MacCluer, Anthony G. Comuzzie, and Hanna E. Abboud

A genome-wide search for linkage to chronic kidney disease in a community-based sample: the SAFHS
NDT Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3184-3191; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shang-Jyh Hwang, Ming-Yen Lin, Hung-Chun Chen, Su-Chen Hwang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Herng-Chia Chiu, and Lih-Wen Mau

Increased risk of mortality in the elderly population with late-stage chronic kidney disease: a cohort study in Taiwan
NDT Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3192-3198; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katherine A. Barraclough, Lesley A. Stevens, Lee Er, Debbie Rosenbaum, Jacqueline Brown, Pari Tiwari, and Adeera Levin

Coronary artery calcification scores in patients with chronic kidney disease prior to dialysis: reliability as a trial outcome measure
NDT Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3199-3205; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Allison Tong, Peter Sainsbury, Stacy M. Carter, Bronwyn Hall, David C. Harris, Rowan G. Walker, Carmel M. Hawley, Steven Chadban, and Jonathan C. Craig

Patients’ priorities for health research: focus group study of patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 29, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3206-3214; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eva Maria Rüth, Katalin Dittrich, Jörg Jüngert, Michael Uder, Wolfgang Rascher, and Jörg Dötsch

Successful interventional treatment of arteriovenous fistula after kidney biopsy in pediatric patients—a report of three cases
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3215-3218; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract David C. Mendelssohn, Ronald L. Pisoni, Charlotte J. Arrington, Karen E. Yeates, Martine Leblanc, Clement Deziel, Takashi Akiba, Mahesh Krishnan, Shunichi Fukuhara, Norbert Lameire, Friedrich K. Port, and Robert A. Wolfe

A practice-related risk score (PRS): a DOPPS-derived aggregate quality index for haemodialysis facilities
NDT Advance Access published on April 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3227-3233; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dimosthenis Stamopoulos, Penelope Bouziotis, Dimitra Benaki, Constantinos Kotsovassilis, and Panagiotis N. Zirogiannis

Utilization of nanobiotechnology in haemodialysis: mock-dialysis experiments on homocysteine
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3234-3239; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Young Ki Lee, Sung Gyun Kim, Jang Won Seo, Ji Eun Oh, Jong-Woo Yoon, Ja-Ryong Koo, Hyung Jik Kim, and Jung Woo Noh

A comparison between once-weekly and twice- or thrice-weekly subcutaneous injection of epoetin alfa: results from a randomized controlled multicentre study
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3240-3246; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tadakazu Ookoshi, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Yumiko Ohhashi, Hideki Kimura, Naoki Takahashi, Haruyoshi Yoshida, Ryoichi Miyazaki, Yuji Goto, and Hironobu Naiki

Lysophospholipids induce the nucleation and extension of β2-microglobulin-related amyloid fibrils at a neutral pH
NDT Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3247-3255; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gábor Speer, Bertalan Cs. Fekete, Taha El Hadj Othmane, Tamás Szabó, József Egresits, Erzsébet Fodor, István Kiss, Alexander G. Logan, János Nemcsik, András Szabó, Zsófia K. Németh, Miklós Szathmári, and András Tislér

Serum osteoprotegerin level, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and cardiovascular survival in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3256-3262; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rukshana C. Shroff, Vanita Shah, Melanie P. Hiorns, Michael Schoppet, Lorenz C. Hofbauer, Gerhard Hawa, Leon J. Schurgers, Atul Singhal, Ian Merryweather, Paul Brogan, Catherine Shanahan, John Deanfield, and Lesley Rees

The circulating calcification inhibitors, fetuin-A and osteoprotegerin, but not Matrix Gla protein, are associated with vascular stiffness and calcification in children on dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3263-3271; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helga Stopper, Anna-Teresa Treutlein, Udo Bahner, Nicole Schupp, Ursula Schmid, Andreas Brink, Alessandra Perna, and August Heidland

Reduction of the genomic damage level in haemodialysis patients by  folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3272-3279; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Marckmann, Arne Høj Nielsen, and Jens Jørgen Sloth

Possibly enhanced Gd excretion in dialysate, but no major clinical benefit of 3–5 months of treatment with sodium thiosulfate in late stages of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on April 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3280-3282; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carl M. Kjellstrand, Umberto Buoncristiani, George Ting, Jules Traeger, Giordina B. Piccoli, Roula Sibai-Galland, Bessie Ann Young, and Christopher R. Blagg

Short daily haemodialysis: survival in 415 patients treated for 1006 patient-years
NDT Advance Access published on May 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3283-3289; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thierry Lobbedez, Angelique Lecouf, Maxence Ficheux, Patrick Henri, Bruno Hurault de Ligny, and Jean-Philippe Ryckelynck

Is rapid initiation of peritoneal dialysis feasible in unplanned dialysis patients? A single-centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3290-3294; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn213 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sheron Latcha, Susana Hong, Nora Gibbons, Nina Kohn, and Joseph Mattana

Relationship between dialysate oxidized protein and peritoneal membrane transport properties in patients on peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3295-3301; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lars P. Kihm, Dennis Wibisono, Sandra Müller-Krebs, Friederike Pfisterer, Christian Morath, Marie L. Gross, Michael Morcos, Yuri Seregin, Angelika Bierhaus, Peter P. Nawroth, Martin Zeier, and Vedat Schwenger

RAGE expression in the human peritoneal membrane
NDT Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3302-3306; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Beatriz Santamaría, Alvaro C. Ucero, Ana Reyero, Rafael Selgas, Marta Ruiz-Ortega, Marina Catalán, Jesús Egido, and Alberto Ortiz

3,4-Dideoxyglucosone-3-ene as a mediator of peritoneal demesothelization
NDT Advance Access published on June 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3307-3315; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Ami M. Parekh, Elisa J. Gordon, Amit X. Garg, Amy D. Waterman, Sanjay Kulkarni, and Chirag R. Parikh

Living kidney donor informed consent practices vary between US and non-US centers
NDT Advance Access published on July 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3316-3324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-Philippe Rérolle, Elisa Munteanu, Mireille Drouet, Jean-Christophe Szelag, Béatrice Champtiaux, Fatima Yagoubi, Pierre-Marie Preux, Jean-Claude Aldigier, and Yann Le Meur

PAI-1 donor polymorphism influences long-term kidney graft survival
NDT Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3325-3332; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cristina Costa, Massimiliano Bergallo, Sara Astegiano, Maria Elena Terlizzi, Francesca Sidoti, Giuseppe P. Segoloni, and Rossana Cavallo

Monitoring of BK virus replication in the first year following renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3333-3336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hoi Wong Chan, Chi Yuen Cheung, Yan Lun Liu, Yiu Han Chan, Ho Sing Wong, Wai Leung Chak, Koon Shing Choi, Ka Foon Chau, and Chun Sang Li

Prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in Chinese renal transplant recipients: a single centre study
NDT Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3337-3342; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Special Feature

Get checked abstract Gunter Wolf

A kidney from hell? A nephrological view of the Whitechapel murders in 1888
NDT Advance Access published on April 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3343-3349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Case

Get checked abstract Marion Simon, Jean-Paul Duong, Vincent Mallet, Raymond Jian, Kenneth A. MacLennan, Geoffrey I. Sandle, and Philippe Marteau

Over-expression of colonic K⁺ channels associated with severe potassium secretory diarrhoea after haemorrhagic shock
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3350-3352; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simona Alexandru, Alberto Ortiz, Sonia Baldovi, Jose Maria Milicua, Elena Ruíz-Escribano, Jesús Egido, and Juan José Plaza

Severe everolimus-associated pneumonitis in a renal transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3353-3355; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn401 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Godela Brosnahan, Neriman Gokden, and Sundararaman Swaminathan

Acute interstitial nephritis due to deferasirox: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3356-3358; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn423 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Abdou Niang, Samira Elfajri Niang, El Hadji Fary Ka, Mamadou M. Ka, and Boucar Diouf

Collapsing glomerulopathy and haemophagocytic syndrome related to malaria: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3359-3361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn427 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tom Cornelis, Bert Bammens, Evelyne Lerut, Luc Cosyn, Gerda Goovaerts, René Westhovens, and Yves Vanrenterghem

AA amyloidosis due to chronic oxalate arthritis and vasculitis in a patient with secondary oxalosis after jejunoileal bypass surgery
NDT Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3362-3364; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn392 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letters

Neil Campbell, Sarietha Krishnakumar, Ante Matijevic, and Mike Almond

Update on reintroduction of epoetin in a patient with pure red call aplasia
NDT Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3365; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn328 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Costas Fourtounas and Jannis G. Vlachojannis

PD underutilization in Europe: a call to action
NDT Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3365-3366; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn374 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies

Troels Ring and Christian Overgaard

Correcting hypervolaemic hypernatraemia
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3366; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn414 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minhtri K. Nguyen and Ira Kurtz

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3367-3368; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn418 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tilman B. Drüeke and Jacques Chanard

Oral calcium load and fractional intestinal calcium absorption
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3368-3369; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn428 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juergen Bommer, Tilman Heinrich, Hartmut Heidt, Verena Hafner, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Ingeborg Walter-Sack, and Gerd Mikus

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3369-3370; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn432 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David C. Sane

Optimal TARGETs for cardiovascular safety and benefit in ESRD
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3370-3371; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn389 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Geoffrey A. Block, Steven Zeig, Jared Sugihara, Glenn M. Chertow, Eric M. Chi, Stewart A. Turner, and David A. Bushinsky

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3371-3372; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn425 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3373; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn546 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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