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FULL PAPERS & REVIEWS COLLECTIONS

Archive 2003

 

Roy J. Soberman
Series Introduction: The expanding network of redox signaling: new observations, complexities, and perspectives
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 111: 571-574.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Gunter Wolf
After all those fat years: renal consequences of obesity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2471-2474.
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Roberto Minutolo, Luca De Nicola, Vincenzo Bellizzi, Carmela Iodice, Roberto Rubino, Filippo Aucella, Carmine Stallone, Felice Nappi, Ferdinando Avella, Eleonora Maione, Giuseppe Conte, and Biagio R. Di Iorio
Intra-and post-dialytic changes of haemoglobin concentrations in non-anaemic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2606-2612.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Geoffrey Boner, Alison J. Cox, Darren J. Kelly, Ana Tobar, Joëlle Bernheim, Robyn G. Langham, Mark E. Cooper, and Richard E. Gilbert
Does vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) play a role in the pathogenesis of minimal change disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2293-2299
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Luca Gabutti, Nicola Ferrari, Giacomo Giudici, Giorgio Mombelli, and Claudio Marone
Unexpected haemodynamic instability associated with standard bicarbonate haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2369-2376.
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Bo Ying Choy, Tak Mao Chan, Sing Kai Lo, Wai Kei Lo, and Kar Neng Lai
Renal transplantation in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2399-2404.
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Dany Anglicheau, Martin Flamant, Marie Hélène Schlageter, Frank Martinez, Bruno Cassinat, Philippe Beaune, Christophe Legendre, and Eric Thervet
Pharmacokinetic interaction between corticosteroids and tacrolimus after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2409-2414.
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Read two intriguing JCI articles illustrating how medical genomics is going to impact on clinical practice
Robin L. Bennett, Heather L. Hampel, Jessica B. Mandell, and Joan H. Marks
Genetic counselors: translating genomic science into clinical practice
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1274-1279.
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Leslie J. Ciarleglio, Robin L. Bennett, Jennifer Williamson, Jessica B. Mandell, and Joan H. Marks
Genetic counseling throughout the life cycle
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1280-1286.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Marjan A. van Dijk, Martijn H. Breuning, Rik Duiser, Leendert A. van Es, and Rudi G. J. Westendorp
No effect of enalapril on progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2314-2320.
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Shahid Hussain, Darren E. Dreyfus, Richard J. Marcus, Robert W. W. Biederman, and Rita L. McGill
Is spironolactone safe for dialysis patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2364-2368
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Biff F. Palmer
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: what to do if the serum creatinine and/or serum potassium concentration rises
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1973-1975.
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K. Scott Brimble, Darin J. Treleaven, Joye St Onge, and Euan J. Carlisle
Risk factors for increased variability in dialysis delivery in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2112-2117.
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Volker Nickeleit and Michael J. Mihatsch
Kidney transplants, antibodies and rejection: is C4d a magic marker?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2232-2239.
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Kamel S. Kamel and Charles Wei
Controversial issues in the treatment of hyperkalaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2215-2218.
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Jane E.B. Reusch
Diabetes, microvascular complications, and cardiovascular complications: what is it about glucose?
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 986-988.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

R. Graham Barr et al.
Prognosis in proliferative lupus nephritis: the role of socio-economic status and race/ethnicity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2039-2046
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Tazeen H. Jafar et al.
The rate of progression of renal disease may not be slower in women compared with men: a patient-level meta-analysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2047-2053.
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Robert C. Atkins et al.
Association between albuminuria and proteinuria in the general population: the AusDiab Study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2170-2174.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

John E. Scoble
Do protection devices have a role in renal angioplasty and stent placement?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1700-1703.
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Wolf H. Boesken
Disease management programmes: reorganization of healthcare delivery in Germany
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1707-1710.
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Bruce Mackinnon, Michael Boulton-Jones, and Kevin McLaughlin
Analgesic-associated nephropathy in the West of Scotland: a 12-year observational study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1800-1805.
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Constança S. Cruz, Álvaro A. Cruz, and Carlos A. Marcílio de Souza
Hyperkalaemia in congestive heart failure patients using ACE inhibitors and spironolactone
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1814-1819.
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L. Darryl Quarles
Evidence for a bone-kidney axis regulating phosphate homeostasis
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 642-646.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Stephen G. Rostand
Oligonephronia, primary hypertension and renal disease: ‘is the child father to the man?’
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1434-1438
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Jan Galle and Stefan Seibold
Has the time come to use antioxidant therapy in uraemic patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1452-1455.
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Colin C. Geddes, Virpi Rauta, Carola Gronhagen-Riska, Lukasz P. Bartosik, Alan G. Jardine, Lloyd S. Ibels, York Pei, and Daniel C. Cattran
A tricontinental view of IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1541-1548.
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The enigma of sepsis
Niels C. Riedemann, Ren-Feng Guo, and Peter A. Ward
J. Clin. Invest. 2003;112 460-467
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Peniket AJ, Littlewood TJ, and Winearls CG
The radical treatment of paraprotein disorders affecting the kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1431-1434
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Zhou X and Frohlich ED
Ageing, hypertension and the kidney: new data on an old problem
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1442-1445.
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Homuth V, Dechend R, and Luft FC
When should pregnant women with an elevated blood pressure be treated?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1456-1457.
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Osteopontin: a bridge between bone and the immune system
by Ellen M. Gravallese
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 147-149.
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Rhabdomyolysis
by Russell Lane and Malcolm Phillips
BMJ 2003; 327: 115-116
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Interaction of spironolactone with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers: analysis of 44 cases
by Eike Wrenger, Regina Müller, Michael Moesenthin, Tobias Welte, Jürgen C Frölich, and Klaus H Neumann
BMJ 2003; 327: 147-149.
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A bold claim for an innovative intervention in cardiovascular prevention. Read the provocative BMJ paper by Wald NJ and Law MR. A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%. BMJ 2003;326: 1419-23.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Dialysis filter type determines the acute effect of haemodialysis on endothelial function and oxidative stress by Markus Kosch, Andrea Levers, Manfred Fobker, Michael Barenbrock, Roland M. Schaefer, Karl-Heinz Rahn, and Martin Hausberg
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1370-1375
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Oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease: an emerging threat to patient outcome Francesco Locatelli, Bernard Canaud, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Peter Stenvinkel, Christoph Wanner, and Carmine Zoccali
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1272-1280.
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Read the clinically oriented, insightful review on CRP by MB Pepys and take the test prepared by Dr Zoccali
C-reactive protein: a critical update by Mark B. Pepys and Gideon M. Hirschfield J. Clin. Invest. 2003 111: 1805-1812.
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See the renal histology of an intriguing case of Pulmonary small cell carcinocythaemia by Gabriella Bedolla and Grant Stemmerman on the Lancet WEB site (http://www.thelancet.com) Read the article
   

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Diagnosis of renal artery stenosis with magnetic resonance angiography: update 2003
By Stefan O. Schoenberg et al., Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1252-1256
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Crescentic, proliferative IgA nephropathy: clinical and histological response to methylprednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide by James A. Tumlin et al., Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1321-1329
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a CD4+ T cell-dependent autoimmune disease. In a study in mice Juergen Foell & coworkers successfully used anti-CD137 antibodies to suppress CD4+ T cells. This treatment strategy could potentially be extended to humans affect by lupus. (CD137 costimulatory T cell receptor engagement reverses acute disease in lupus-prone NZB x NZW F1 mice. J. Clin. Invest. 111:1505-1518 (2003).
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Epigenetic factors such as in-utero exposure to a diabetic environment could affect the predisposition to type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Read the fascinating Lancet article by Eugène Sobngwi et al.(Lancet 2003; 361:1861-5)
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Abdulla K. Salahudeen
Is it really good to be fat on dialysis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1248-1252.
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Koen J. M. Van Hoeck, Esther Rusthoven, Linda Vermeylen, Annemie Vandesompel, Bart Marescau, Marc Lilien, and Cornelis H. Schroder
Nutritional effects of increasing dialysis dose by adding an icodextrin daytime dwell to Nocturnal Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (NIPD) in children
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1383-1387.
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ABC of interventional cardiology: Pathophysiology and investigation of
coronary artery disease
Ever D Grech
BMJ 2003;326 1027-1030
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Reflections on the HEMO study: the American viewpoint
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1059-1060. by Nathan Levin and Roger Greenwood
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Dose of dialysis, convection and haemodialysis patients outcome—what the HEMO study doesn't tell us: the European viewpoint
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1061-1065. by Francesco Locatelli
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A friend within the heart: natriuretic peptide receptor signaling
Jeffery D. Molkentin
J. Clin. Invest. 2003;111 1275-1277
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Bone disease after renal transplantation
Heide Sperschneider and Günter Stein
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2003; 18: 874-877
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Pharmacokinetics of atorvastatin and its metabolites after single and multiple dosing in hypercholesterolaemic haemodialysis patients
Robert L. Lins, Katelijne E. Matthys, Gert A. Verpooten, Patrick C. Peeters, Max Dratwa, Jean-Claude Stolear, and Norbert H. Lameire
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 967-976.
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Interleukin-2 receptor monoclonal antibodies in renal transplantation: meta-analysis of randomised trials
Dwomoa Adu, Paul Cockwell, Natalie J Ives, Jonathan Shaw, and Keith Wheatley
BMJ 2003; 326: 789.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Nader Bassilios, Victorio Menoyo, Anne Berger, Marie-France Mamzer, Françoise Daniel, Philippe Cluzel, Claude Buisson, and Frank Martinez
Mesenteric ischaemia in haemodialysis patients: a case/control study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 911-917.
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Frank Stam, Coen van Guldener, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Piet M. ter Wee, Ab J. M. Donker, and Coen D. A. Stehouwer
Impaired renal function is associated with markers of endothelial dysfunction and increased inflammatory activity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 892-898.
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Read the fascinating JCI editorials on sodium transport in the kidney and on Ca-sensitive receptor. Two themes of foremost importance for the clinicians and the scientist as well.

Negative regulators of sodium transport in the kidney: Key factors in understanding salt-sensitive hypertension? by Bernard C. Rossier
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 111: 947-950.
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The hunting of the snark: the elusive calcium receptor(s) by Lawrence G. Raisz
J. Clin. Invest. 2003 111: 945-947.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Kai-Uwe Eckardt and Nicole Casadevall
Pure red-cell aplasia due to anti-erythropoietin antibodies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 865-869.
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Pre-eclampsia is considered the "disease of theories," but until now, no satisfactory unifying hypothesis has emerged.
Ermina et al., in the 1st march issue of JCI present data shedding unprecedented light on the pathogenesis of this disease.
Read the article and the accompanying editorial by Aernout Luttun and Peter Carmeliet
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Nicholas A. Hoenich and Nathan W. Levin
Can technology solve the clinical problem of ‘dry weight’?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 647-650. Read the article

Detlef H. Krieter and Bernard Canaud
High permeability of dialysis membranes: what is the limit of albumin loss?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 651-654. Read the article

 

Lesson of the week: Bilateral renovascular disease causing cardiorenal failure
Alison Brammah, Sue Robertson, Graeme Tait, and Chris Isles
BMJ 2003; 326: 489-491.
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Itching is an important problem in internal medicine and in ESRD. Read the Lancet review article by
Gil Yosipovitch, Malcolm W Greaves, Martin Schmelz
Lancet Volume 361, 690-4 Read the article
 

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Helmut Reichel, Angela Esser, Heinz-Jürgen Roth, and Heinrich Schmidt-Gayk
Influence of PTH assay methodology on differential diagnosis of renal bone disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 759-768. Read the article

 

Transplanting kidneys from donors with prior hepatitis B infection: One response to the organ shortage Fabrizi F, Bunnapradist S, Martin P. J NEPHROL 2002; 15: 605-613 Read the review

 
 

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Time trends in initiation and dose of dialysis in end-stage renal disease
patients in The Netherlands
Termorshuizen F., Korevaar J.C., Dekker F.W., Jager K.J., van Manen J.G., Boeschoten E. W., and Krediet R.T.
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 552-558
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Read the short NDT review by G. Deschênes on edema in nephrotic syndrome and take the quiz (prepared by Dr Zoccali)

Sevelamer hydrochloride with or without alphacalcidol or higher dialysate calcium vs calcium carbonate in dialysis patients: an open-label, randomized study
Sadek T., Mazouz H., Bahloul H., Oprisiu R., El Esper N., El Esper I., Boitte F., Brazier M., Moriniere P. and Albert Fournier A.
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 582-589. Read the article

 

Jameel M. Inal, Manuel Pascual, Philippe Lesavre, and Jürg-A. Schifferli
Complement inhibition in renal diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 237-240.

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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Natalie J. Ives, Keith Wheatley, Rebecca L. Stowe, Pieta Krijnen, Pierre-Francois Plouin, Brigit C. van Jaarsveld, and Richard Gray
Continuing uncertainty about the value of percutaneous revascularization in atherosclerotic renovascular disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 298-304.