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jci     Ushma S. Neill
Publish or perish, but at what cost?
J. Clin. Invest. 118(7): 2368-2368 (2008).
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Jun H. Park, Doris A. Stoffers, Robert D. Nicholls, Rebecca A. Simmons

Development of type 2 diabetes following intrauterine growth

retardation in rats is associated with progressive epigenetic
silencing of Pdx1

J. Clin. Invest. 118(6): 2316-2324 (2008).

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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

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

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2118-2120

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Marianne Haag-Weber

The impact of residual renal function on survival
 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2123-2126

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Sean M. Bagshaw

 

Short- and long-term survival after acute kidney injury

  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2126-2128
 

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David A. McCarron

 

Dietary sodium and cardiovascular and renal disease risk factors:

  dark horse or phantom entry?
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2133-2137
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  Albert Mimran and Guilhem du Cailar
 

Dietary sodium: the dark horse amongst cardiovascular and

  renal risk factors
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2138-2141
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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)
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2162-2166;
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jci    

Benjamin E. Steinberg, Sergio Grinstein

Pathogen destruction versus intracellular survival: the role of

lipids as phagosomal fate determinants

J. Clin. Invest. 118(6): 2002-2011 (2008).

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Janet D. Sparks, Charles E. Sparks

Overindulgence and metabolic syndrome: is FoxO1 a missing link?

J. Clin. Invest. 118(6): 2012-2015 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Suetonia Palmer and Giovanni Strippoli

Reply: Vitamin D compounds in chronic kidney disease:

change may be needed for good!
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1789-1792

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Marcello Tonelli

Reply
 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1792-1793

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Martin Ferring, John Henderson, Antonius Wilmink, and Steve Smith

  Vascular ultrasound for the pre-operative evaluation prior to
  arteriovenous fistula formation for haemodialysis: review of the
  evidence
  NDT Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1809-1815
 

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Steven Chadban

  New-onset diabetes after transplantation-should it be a factor
  in choosing an immunosuppressant regimen for kidney transplant
  recipients
  NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2008
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1816-1818
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  Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Morie A. Gertz, Fernando C. Fervenza, Angela
  Dispenzieri, Martha Q. Lacy, Suzanne R. Hayman, Dennis A. Gastineau,
  and Nelson Leung
  Long-term outcome of autologous stem cell transplantation in
  light chain deposition disease
  NDT Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2052-2057
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jci    

Rexford S. Ahima

Linking adiponectin to proteinuria

J. Clin. Invest. 118(5): 1619-1622 (2008).

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Takaharu Ichimura, Edwin J.P.v. Asseldonk, Benjamin D. Humphreys,

Lakshman Gunaratnam, Jeremy S. Duffield, Joseph V. Bonventre

Kidney injury molecule–1 is a phosphatidylserine receptor that
confers a phagocytic phenotype on epithelial cells
J. Clin. Invest. 118(5): 1657-1668 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Janaka Karalliedde and Luigi Gnudi

ACCORD and ADVANCE: a tale of two studies on the merits of

glycaemic control in type 2 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1796-1798

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Patricia Gonzales, Trairak Pisitkun, and Mark A. Knepper

Urinary exosomes: is there a future?
 

NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2008

 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1799-1801

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Bernard Canaud

  Residual renal function: the delicate balance betweenbenefits
  and risks
  NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2008
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1801-1805
 

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Xiayu Li, Heng Li, Jianghua Chen, Qiang He, Rong Lv, Weiqin Lin, Qun Li,

  Xuelin He, Lihui Qu, and Wang Suya
  Tacrolimus as a steroid-sparing agent for adults with
  steroid-dependent minimal change nephrotic syndrome
  NDT Advance Access published on October 1, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1919-1925
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  Lakshmanan Senthil Nayagam, Anirban Ganguli, Manish Rathi,
  Harbir S. Kohli, Krishan L. Gupta, Kusum Joshi, Vinay Sakhuja,
  and Vivekanand Jha
  Mycophenolate mofetil or standard therapy for membranous
  nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a pilot study
  NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1926-1930
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  Patrick Saudan, Michel Kossovsky, George Halabi, Pierre Y. Martin,
  Thomas V. Perneger, and for the Western Switzerland Dialysis Study Group
  Quality of care and survival of haemodialysed patients in western
  Switzerland
  NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1975-1981
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jci

Teri A. Manolio, Lisa D. Brooks and Francis S. Collins

A HapMap harvest of insights into the genetics of common disease

J. Clin. Invest. 118(5): 1590-1605 (2008).

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jn  E. Meijer, P.E. De Jong, D.J. Peters, R.T. Gansevoort
Better understanding of ADPKD results in potential new treatment
options: ready for the cure?
J Nephrol 2008; 21: 133 - 138
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R. Vanholder, S. Van Laecke, G. Glorieux
The middle-molecule hypothesis 30 years after: lost and
rediscovered in the universe of uremic toxicity?
  J Nephrol 2008; 21: 146 - 160
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ndt

   

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Philip Kam-Tao Li and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

Success of the peritoneal dialysis programme in Hong Kong

NDT Advance Access published on February 26, 2008

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1475-1478

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Wim van Biesen, Nic Veys, Norbert Lameire, and Raymond Vanholder

Why less success of the peritoneal dialysis programmes in Europe?
 

NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2008

 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1478-1481

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Karn Gupta, Samy S. Iskandar, Pirouz Daeihagh, Heather L. Ratliff, and

  Anthony J. Bleyer
  Distribution of pathologic findings in individuals with nephrotic
  proteinuria according to serum albumin
  NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1595-1599
 

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Michal L. Melamed, Joseph A. Eustace, Laura C. Plantinga, Bernard G. Jaar,

  Nancy E. Fink, Rulan S. Parekh, Josef Coresh, Zan Yang, Tom Cantor,
  and Neil R. Powe
  Third-generation parathyroid hormone assays and all-cause mortality
  in incident dialysis patients: the CHOICE study
  NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1650-1658
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jci

Andrew M. Prentice, M. Eric Gershwin, Ulrich E. Schaible, Gerald T. Keusch,

Cesar G. Victora, Jeffrey I. Gordon

New challenges in studying nutrition-disease interactions in the

developing world

J. Clin. Invest. 118(4): 1322-1329 (2008).

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E. William St. Clair

The calm after the cytokine storm: lessons from the TGN1412 trial

  J. Clin. Invest. 118(4): 1344-1347 (2008).
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jn R.R. Quinn, P.C. Austin, M.J. Oliver
Comparative studies of dialysis therapies should reflect real
world decision-making
J Nephrol 2008; 21: 139 - 145
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I. Narita, S. Iguchi, K. Omori, F. Gejyo
Uremic pruritus in chronic hemodialysis patients
  J Nephrol 2008; 21: 161 - 165
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Martin Tepel

Does prophylactic haemodialysis protect kidney function after

angiography?
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2008

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1473-1475

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Raymond Vanholder and Luciano A. Pedrini

All high-flux membranes are equal but some high-flux

membranes are less equal than others

 

NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2008

 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1481-1483

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Ewout J. Hoorn, Michiel G.H. Betjes, Joachim Weigel, and Robert Zietse

  Hypernatraemia in critically ill patients: too little water and too much salt
  NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1562-1568
 

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Martin Möckel, Milan Radovic, York Kühnle, Volker Combé, Jürgen Waigand, Sabine

  Schröder, Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Frei, and Kai-Uwe Eckardt
  Acute renal haemodynamic effects of radiocontrast media in patients
  undergoing left ventricular and coronary angiography
  NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1588-1594
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Nynke Teeninga, Michiel F. Schreuder, Arend Bökenkamp, Henriette A. Delemarre-van

 

de Waal, and Joanna A.E. van Wijk

  Influence of low birth weight on minimal change nephrotic syndrome in
  children, including a meta-analysis
  NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1615-1620
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jci

Carol A. Dahl and Tadataka Yamada

Global health inequity: scientific challenges remain but can be solved

J. Clin. Invest. 118(4): 1242-1243 (2008).

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Kamal Rahmouni, Melissa A. Fath, Seongjin Seo, Daniel R. Thedens,

Christopher J. Berry, Robert Weiss, Darryl Y. Nishimura and Val C. Sheffield

Leptin resistance contributes to obesity and hypertension in mouse

  models of Bardet-Biedl syndrome
  J. Clin. Invest. 118(4): 1458-1467 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Guntram Schernthaner

Kidney disease in diabetology: lessons from 2007

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1112-1115

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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

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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
 

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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
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  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
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jci

Catherine Postic and Jean Girard

Contribution of de novo fatty acid synthesis to hepatic steatosis and

insulin resistance: lessons from genetically engineered mice

J. Clin. Invest. 118(3): 829-838 (2008).

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Warner S. Simonides, Michelle A. Mulcahey, Everaldo M. Redout, Alice Muller,

Marian J. Zuidwijk, Theo J. Visser, Frank W.J.S. Wassen, Alessandra Crescenzi,

  Wagner S. da-Silva, John Harney, Felix B. Engel, Maria-Jesús Obregon, P. Reed
  Larsen, Antonio C. Bianco, Stephen A. Huang
  Hypoxia-inducible factor induces local thyroid hormone inactivation
  during hypoxic-ischemic disease in rats
  J. Clin. Invest. 118(3): 975-983 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

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

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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

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  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
 

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  Richard J. Glassock and Christopher Winearls
  An epidemic of chronic kidney disease: fact or fiction?
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1117-1121
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  And 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
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jci

Hong Lu, Debra L. Rateri, David L. Feldman, Richard J. Charnigo Jr.,

Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Junji Ishida, Elizabeth G. Oesterling, Lisa A. Cassis,
Alan Daugherty

Renin inhibition reduces hypercholesterolemia-induced

atherosclerosis in mice
J. Clin. Invest. 118(3): 984-993 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Peter Topham, Jonathan Barratt, and John Feehally

A spoonful of sugar helps the proteinuria go down?

NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 813-815;

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Loreto Gesualdo, Luigi Cormio, Giovanni Stallone, Barbara Infante, Anna

Maria Di Palma, Paolo Delli Carri, Mauro Cignarelli, Olga Lamacchia,

 

Salvatore Iannaccone, Salvatore Di Paolo, Luigi Morrone, Filippo Aucella,

 

and Giuseppe Carrieri

  Percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy in supine antero-lateral
  position: A new approach for obese and non-obese patients
  NDT Advance Access published on October 31, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 971-976
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  Zaccaria Ricci and Claudio Ronco
 

Kidney diseases beyond nephrology: intensive care

 

NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008

  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 820-826
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  Sanjeev Gulati, Narayan Prasad, Raj K. Sharma, Alok Kumar,
  Amit Gupta, and Vinod P. Baburaj
 

Tacrolimus: a new therapy for steroid-resistant nephrotic

  syndrome in children
  NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 910-913
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  F. Bergesio, A. M. Ciciani, M. Manganaro, G. Palladini, M. Santostefano,
  R. Brugnano, A. M. Di Palma, M. Gallo, A. Rosati, P. L. Tosi, M. Salvadori, and
  on behalf of the Immunopathology Group of the Italian Society of Nephrology
 

Renal involvement in systemic amyloidosis: An Italian collaborative

  study on survival and renal outcome
  NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 941-951
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jci

Gregory M. Barton

A calculated response: control of inflammation

by the innate immune system
J. Clin. Invest. 118(2): 413-420 (2008).

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Maria B. Grant, Michael E. Boulton, Alexander V. Ljubimov

Erythropoietin: when liability becomes asset in neurovascular repair

J. Clin. Invest. 118(2): 467-470 (2008).

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jn     P.A. McFarlane
Lessons for dialysis investigators from the Steno-2 Study
J Nephrol 2008; 21: 6 - 13
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C.A. Wagner
News from the cyst: insights into polycystic kidney disease
J Nephrol 2008; 21: 14 - 16
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:

   

Neelke C. van der Weerd, E. Lars Penne, Marinus A. van den Dorpel,

Muriel P.C. Grooteman, Menso J. Nube, Michiel L. Bots, Piet M. ter Wee,
and Peter J. Blankestijn

Haemodiafiltration: promise for the future?

NDT Advance Access originally published online on November 28, 2007
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(2):438-443
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Reena Ranpuria, Martica Hall, Chris T. Chan, and Mark Unruh

 

Heart rate variability (HRV) in kidney failure: measurement

  and consequences of reduced HRV
  NDT Advance Access originally published online on November 14, 2007
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(2):444-449
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Ulrich Kunzendorf, Bernhard K. Krämer, Wolfgang Arns, Johann Braun,

  Jan Grossmann, Frank Pietruck, Heinrich Schmidt-Gayk, Anke Schwarz,
  Ekkehard Ziegler, Heide Sperschneider, Rudolf P. Wüthrich,
  Barbara Nonnast-Daniel, Ralf Schindler, and Lutz Renders
 

Bone disease after renal transplantation

  NDT Advance Access originally published online on December 1, 2007
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(2):450-458
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