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Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008
Editorial Comments
Defining and classifying AKI: one set of criteria
John A Kellum
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1471–1472, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn012
Does prophylactic haemodialysis protect kidney function after angiography?
Martin Tepel
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1473–1475, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn019
Editorial Comment
Success of the peritoneal dialysis programme in Hong Kong
Philip Kam-Tao Li and Cheuk-Chun Szeto
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1475–1478, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn068
Why less success of the peritoneal dialysis programmes in Europe?
Wim van Biesen and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1478–1481, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn123
All high-flux membranes are equal but some high-flux membranes are less equal than others
Raymond Vanholder and Luciano A. Pedrini
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1481–1483, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn059
Editorial Reviews
Clinical research of kidney diseases V: extended analytic models
Pietro Ravani and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1484–1492, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn138
Epigenetics—a helpful tool to better understand processes in clinical nephrology?
Peter Stenvinkel and Tomas J. Ekström
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1493–1496, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn056
Translational Nephrology
Renal magnification by EGF
David H. Ellison
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1497–1499, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm952
Mutations in RPGRIP1L : extending the clinical spectrum of ciliopathies
Olivier Devuyst and Véronique J. Arnould
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1500–1503, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn033
Original Article
Postconditioning is an effective strategy to reduce renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury
Gaetano Serviddio and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1504–1512, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm779
Human recombinant erythropoietin augments serum asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations but does not compromise nitric oxide generation in mice
Anjali Desai and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1513–1520, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm869
Nonerythropoietic derivative of erythropoietin protects against tubulointerstitial injury in a unilateral ureteral obstruction model
Harumi Kitamura and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1521–1528, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm842
Highly concentrated calcitriol and its analogues induce apoptosis of parathyroid cells and regression of the hyperplastic gland—study in rats
Kazuhiro Shiizaki and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1529–1536, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm850
Transforming growth factor-β-induced alpha-smooth muscle cell actin expression in renal proximal tubular cells is regulated by p38β mitogen-activated protein kinase, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase1,2 and the Smad signalling during epithelial–myofibroblast transdifferentiation
Attila Sebe and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1537–1545, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm789
Aldosterone-mediated apical targeting of ENaC subunits is blunted in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus
Heidi O’Neill and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1546–1555, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm814
Effects of statins on renal sodium and water handling: Acute and short-term effects of atorvastatin on renal haemodynamics, tubular function, vasoactive hormones, blood pressure and pulse rate in healthy, normocholesterolemic humans
Lone Paulsen and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1556–1561, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm807
Hypernatraemia in critically ill patients: too little water and too much salt
Ewout J. Hoorn and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1562–1568, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm831
A comparison of the RIFLE and AKIN criteria for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
Sean M. Bagshaw and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1569–1574, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn009
Aetiology and outcome of acute and chronic renal failure in infants
Mirja Wedekin and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1575–1580, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm863
N -Acetylcysteine does not artifactually lower plasma creatinine concentration
Michael Haase and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1581–1587, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm818
Acute renal haemodynamic effects of radiocontrast media in patients undergoing left ventricular and coronary angiography
Martin Möckel and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1588–1594, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm835
Distribution of pathologic findings in individuals with nephrotic proteinuria according to serum albumin
Karn Gupta and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1595–1599, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm833
Nephropathy in males and females with Fabry disease: cross-sectional description of patients before treatment with enzyme replacement therapy
Alberto Ortiz and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1600–1607, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm848
External suppression causes the low expression of the Cosmc gene in IgA nephropathy
Wei Qin and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1608–1614, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm781
Influence of low birth weight on minimal change nephrotic syndrome in children, including a meta-analysis
Nynke Teeninga and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1615–1620, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm829
Endothelial dysfunction in type-2 diabetics with early diabetic nephropathy is associated with low circulating adiponectin
Mahmut Ilker Yilmaz and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1621–1627, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm828
Agalsidase therapy in patients with Fabry disease on renal replacement therapy: a nationwide study in Italy
Renzo Mignani and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1628–1635, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm813
Pseudohypoaldosteronisms, report on a 10-patient series
Alexandre Belot and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1636–1641, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm862
Intracellular acidification enhances neutrophil phagocytosis in chronic haemodialysis patients: possible role of CD11b/CD18
Chien-Sheng Lin and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1642–1649, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm852
Third-generation parathyroid hormone assays and all-cause mortality in incident dialysis patients: the CHOICE study
Michal L. Melamed and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1650–1658, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm849
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage, infection and transmission in dialysis patients, healthcare workers and their family members
Po-Liang Lu and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1659–1665, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm806
Preventing haemodialysis catheter-related bacteraemia with an antimicrobial lock solution: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized trials
Laura Labriola and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1666–1672, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm847
Dialysis-related systemic microinflammation is associated with specific genomic patterns
Gianluigi Zaza and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1673–1681, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm804
Association between number of months below K/DOQI haemoglobin target and risk of hospitalization and death
Areef Ishani and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1682–1689, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm845
Design and validation of a model to predict early mortality in haemodialysis patients
Joan M Mauri and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1690–1696, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm728
Carotid artery intima-media thickness correlates with oxidative stress in chronic haemodialysis patients with accelerated atherosclerosis
Belda Dursun and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1697–1703, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm906
Differences in solute removal by two high-flux membranes of nominally similar synthetic polymers
Rosemary Ouseph and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1704–1712, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm916
Quality of life of caregivers and patients on peritoneal dialysis
Stanley Lin-sun Fan and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1713–1719, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm830
The quest for favourable subgroups to encourage living kidney donation in Spain. An attitudinal study among British and Irish citizens resident in southeastern Spain
Antonio Ríos and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1720–1727, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm844
Anaemia and congestive heart failure early post-renal transplantation
Richard Borrows and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1728–1734, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm815
The role of C4d immunostaining in the evaluation of the causes of renal allograft dysfunction
Prabhat Ranjan and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1735–1741, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm843
ACE-inhibitor or AT2-antagonist therapy of renal transplant recipients is associated with an increase in serum potassium concentrations
Christa Mitterbauer and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1742–1746, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm864
Short Communication
Peritoneal dialysis in children under two years of age
Hanne Laakkonen and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1747–1753, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn035
Exceptional Case
Wasp sting associated with type 1 renal tubular acidosis
Sanjay D’Cruz and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1754–1755, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm855
Progressive kidney disease in three sisters with elevated lipoprotein(a)
J. Staples and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1756–1759, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm866
Spontaneous remission of severe hyperparathyroidism with normalization of the reversed whole PTH/intact PTH ratio in a haemodialysis patient
Hirotaka Komaba and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1760–1762, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm891
Letters and Replies
Need of standardization for creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR equations in renal transplantation
Uwe Pöge and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1763, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn024
Reply
Ahmed Zahran and Ahmed Shoker
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1763–1764, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn027
Comment on ‘Comparison between creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR equations in renal transplantation’
S. Zitta and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1764, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm927
About CKD stage-3 subdivision proposal
Pedro L. SantaCruz
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1765–1766, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm840
Reply
Ahmed Zahran and Ahmed Shoker
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1765, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm928
Reply
N. Abutaleb
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1766, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm846
Vasculitis and anti-thyroid medication
Sofia Lionaki and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1766–1768, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm887
Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years of age with chronic kidney disease stage 5
Madhukar Misra and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1768–1769, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm881
Reply
Alexander Woywodt and Harish B. Shetty
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1768, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm885
Reply
Fliss E. M. Murtagh and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1769, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm882
Occurrence of peritonitis in APD versus CAPD: methodologic problems
Sharon J. Nessim and Joanne M. Bargman
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1769–1770, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm902
Reply
Kannaiyan S. Rabindranath
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1770, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm903
Relative mortality risk in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: the effect of age, sex and diabetes
Emmanuel Villar and Michel Labeeuw
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1770–1771, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm944
Conflict of interest in clinical guidelines should be avoided
Stanley Shaldon
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1771, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm920
The effect of sodium citrate 4% locking solution for central venous dialysis catheter on the international normalized ratio (INR) value
Jean-Philippe Rioux and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1772–1773, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm905
Reply
Iain C. Macdougall and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1772, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm922
Reply
Andreas Pierratos and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1773, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm907
ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation: on-demand strategy
Kenan Keven and Sule Sengul
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1773–1774, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm930
The neglected role of students in international university rankings
Kamyar Ghabili and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1774–1775, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm941
Reply
Jochen Wilpert and Marcel Geyer
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1774, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm948
Cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with epilepsy receiving renal replacement therapy with dialysis: a true convergence of clinical cardiology, nephrology and neurology
Fulvio A. Scorza and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1775–1776, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn017
Radio-opaque appearance of lanthanum carbonate in a patient with chronic renal failure
J Pafčugová and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1776–1777, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn015
Reply
Charles A. Herzog
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1776, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn041
Reply
Sascha David and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1777–1778, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn043
Is there a link between calcium oxalate crystalluria, orlistat and acute tubular necrosis?
Lazarus Karamadoukis and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1778–1779, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfm945
Reply
Adrian Covic and others
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1779–1780, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn034
Negative outcome studies in end-stage renal disease: how dark are the storm clouds?
Stanley Shaldon
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1779, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn046
A wild zebra chase
Pairach Pintavorn
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1780, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn032
Reply
Alexander Woywodt and Michael Mengel
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1781, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn042
Erratum
Adherence to therapy in sub-Saharan non-dialysed Africans with chronic kidney diseases—a real burden
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Page 1782, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn206
Announcements
Announcements
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1783–1784, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn224
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In this issue
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