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FULL PAPERS & REVIEWS COLLECTIONS

Archive 2004

 

Álvaro Franco, Carlos Álvarez-Dardet, Maria Teresa Ruiz

Effect of democracy on health: ecological study

BMJ  2004;329:1421-1423
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  Oscar H Franco, Luc Bonneux, Chris de Laet, Anna Peeters, Ewout W Steyerberg,
 

Johan P Mackenbach

  The Polymeal: a more natural, safer, and probably tastier (than the Polypill)
  strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 75%
  BMJ  2004;329:1447-1450
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Michael McCarthy
The economics of obesity
  The Lancet, Vol 364 December 18/25, 2004 2169
  Read the article
   
   
  

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 

Muriel P. C. Grooteman and Menso J. Nubé

Impact of the type of dialyser on the clinical outcome in chronic haemodialysis
patients: does it really matter?
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2965-2970
Read the article
 
Ben Challacombe and Nizam Mamode
Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2961-2964
Read the article
 
Ali Ihsan Gunal, Goksel Ozalp, Tahir Kurtulus Yoldas, Servin Yesil Gunal, Ercan Kirciman,
and Huseyin Celiker
Gabapentin therapy for pruritus in haemodialysis patients: a randomized, placebo-
controlled, double-blind trial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3137-3139

Read the article

 
Neill Duncan, Ajay Dhaygude, Jane Owen, Thomas D. H. Cairns, Megan Griffith, Adam G.
McLean, Andrew Palmer, and David Taube
Treatment of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults with tacrolimus
monotherapy
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3062-3067

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Stephen L. Gluck

Acid sensing in renal epithelial cells

J. Clin. Invest. 114:1696-1699 (2004).
Read the article
 
Shigetada Furukawa, Takuya Fujita, Michio Shimabukuro, Masanori Iwaki, Yukio Yamada, Yoshimitsu Nakajima, Osamu Nakayama, Makoto Makishima, Morihiro Matsuda and Iichiro Shimomura

Increased oxidative stress in obesity and its impact on metabolic syndrome

J. Clin. Invest. 114:1752-1761 (2004).
Read the article
   
  

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 

Charles A. Herzog

Don't forget the defibrillator in the dialysis unit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2959-2960
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Lea Novak, William J. Cook, Guillermo A. Herrera, and Paul W. Sanders
AL-amyloidosis is underdiagnosed in renal biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3050-3053

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William M. Deen

What determines glomerular capillary permeability?

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :1412-1414 (2004).
Read the article
 
Alan R. Shuldiner and John C. McLenithan

Genes and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes: more than just the Randle cycle all over again

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :1414-1417 (2004).
Read the article
   
  

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 

Jacek C. Szepietowski, Adam Reich, and Robert A. Schwartz

Uraemic xerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2709-2712
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Neill D. C. Duncan, Seema Singh, Thomas D. H. Cairns, Martin Clark, Adil El-Tayar, Megan Griffith,
Nadey Hakim, Mohamad Hamady, Adam G. McLean, Vassilios Papalois, Andrew Palmer,
and David Taube
Tesio-Caths provide effective and safe long-term vascular access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2816-2822;

Read the article

 

Edmund G. Lowrie, Zhensheng Li, Norma Ofsthun, and J. Michael Lazarus

Reprocessing dialysers for multiple uses: recent analysis of death risks for patients

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2823-2830;
Read the article
 
Sally Lee, Daniel Glicklich, and Maria Coco

Pamidronate used to attenuate post-renal transplant bone loss is not associated

with renal dysfunction

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2870-2873;

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L. Gabriel Navar

The legacy of Homer W. Smith: mechanistic insights into renal physiology
J. Clin. Invest. 114 :1048-1050 (2004).
Read the article
 
 
 
 
 
   
  

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 

Jose Tuñón, Luis Miguel Blanco-Colio, Jose Luis Martín-Ventura, and Jesús Egido

Intensive treatment with statins and the progression of cardiovascular diseases: the
beginning of a new era?
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2696-2699;
Read the article
 
Michael R. Clarkson, Louise Giblin, Fionnuala P. O'Connell, Patrick O'Kelly, Joseph J. Walshe,
Peter Conlon, Yvonne O'Meara, Anthony Dormon, Eileen Campbell, and John Donohoe
Acute interstitial nephritis: clinical features and response to corticosteroid therapy

NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2778-2783

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Peter Gæde, Lise Tarnow, Pernille Vedel, Hans-Henrik Parving, and Oluf Pedersen
Remission to normoalbuminuria during multifactorial treatment preserves kidney
function in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2784-2788;
Read the article
 

 

  

Richard N. Mitchell and Andrew H. Lichtman

The link between IFN-g and allograft arteriopathy: is the answer NO?

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :762-764 (2004).
Read the article
 

Kristina I. Rother and David M. Harlan

Challenges facing islet transplantation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :877-883 (2004)
Read the article
   
  

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Wilson Y. S. Leung, Wing-Yee So, Peter C. Y. Tong, Matthew K. W. Lo, Kar-Fai Lee, Gary T. C.

Ko, Wing-Bun Chan, Clive S. Cockram, Barry M. Brenner, Shahnaz Shahinfar, Julian A. J. H.

Critchley, and Juliana C. N. Chan
The renoprotective effects of structured care in a clinical trial setting in type 2 diabetic
patients with nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 27, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2519-2525.
Read the article
 
Suma Prakash, Amit X. Garg, A. Paul Heidenheim, and Andrew A. House
Midodrine appears to be safe and effective for dialysis-induced hypotension: a systematic
review

NDT Advance Access published on July 27, 2004

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2553-2558.

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Juan A. Oliver, Omar Maarouf, Faisal H. Cheema, Timothy P. Martens, and Qais Al- Awqati

The renal papilla is a niche for adult kidney stem cells

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :795-804 (2004).
Read the article
 

Takayuki Fujino, Naoki Nakagawa, Koh-ichi Yuhki, Akiyoshi Hara, Takehiro Yamada, Koji Takayama, Shuhko Kuriyama, Yayoi Hosoki, Osamu Takahata, Takanobu Taniguchi, Jun Fukuzawa, Naoyuki Hasebe, Kenjiro Kikuchi, Shuh Narumiya, and Fumitaka Ushikubi

Decreased susceptibility to renovascular hypertension in mice lacking the prostaglandin I 2 receptor IP

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :805-812 (2004).
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Majid Ezzati

How can cross-country research on health risks strengthen interventions? Lessons from INTERHEART

  Lancet. 2004;364:912-4.
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Salim Yusuf, Steven Hawken, Stephanie Ôunpuu, Tony Dans, Alvaro Avezum, Fernando Lanas, Matthew McQueen, Andrzej Budaj, Prem Pais, John Varigos, Liu Lisheng, on behalf of the INTERHEART Study Investigators*

  Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
  Lancet 2004; 364: 937-52
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 

Nazira Ozgen, Masuo Terashima, Tun Aung, Yoshinobu Sato, Chie Isoe, Takatoshi Kakuta, and Akira Saito

Evaluation of long-term transport ability of a bioartificial renal tubule device using LLC-PK 1 cells
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2198-2207
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Ira J. Goldberg
Why does diabetes increase atherosclerosis? I don't know!
J. Clin . Invest. 2004 ;114 613-615
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V. Michael Holers

Anti-C1q autoantibodies amplify pathogenic complement activation in systemic lupus

erythematosus
J. Clin . Invest. 2004 ;114 616-619
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  Wilhelm Kriz
 

Adenosine and ATP: traffic regulators in the kidney

  J. Clin. Invest. 2004;114 611-613
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 
R. L. Lins, M. M. Elseviers, R. Daelemans, P. Arnouts, J.-M. Billiouw, M. Couttenye, E. Gheuens,
P. Rogiers, R. Rutsaert, P. Van der Niepen, and M. E. De Broe
Re-evaluation and modification of the Stuivenberg Hospital Acute Renal Failure (SHARF)
scoring system for the prognosis of acute renal failure: an independent multicentre,
prospective study
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2282-2288.
Read the article

Rajiv Saran, Dawn M. Dykstra, Ronald L. Pisoni, Takashi Akiba, Tadao Akizawa, Bernard Canaud,

    Kenneth Chen, Luis Piera, Akira Saito, and Eric W. Young
Timing of first cannulation and vascular access failure in haemodialysis: an analysis of
    practice patterns at dialysis facilities in the DOPPS
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2334-2340
Read the article
  

 

Dowhan Ahn, Yuqiang Ge, Peter K. Stricklett, Pritmohinder Gill, Deborah Taylor, Alisa K. Hughes, Masashi Yanagisawa, Lance Miller, Raoul D. Nelson and Donald E. Kohan

Collecting duct-specific knockout of endothelin-1 causes hypertension and sodium retention

J. Clin. Invest. 114 :504-511 (2004). doi:10.1172/JCI200421064.
Read the article
 

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 
Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, Kenneth F. Fairley, and David Packham
Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system compared with a 50% increase in the
dose of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: effects on proteinuria and blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2272-2274.
Read the article

Nicola Tessitore, Giovanni Lipari, Albino Poli, Valeria Bedogna, Elda Baggio,

    Carmelo Loschiavo, Giancarlo Mansueto, and Antonio Lupo
Can blood flow surveillance and pre-emptive repair of subclinical stenosis prolong
    the useful life of arteriovenous fistulae? A randomized controlled study
NDT Advance Access published on July 27, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2325-2333.
Read the article
  
Krista L. Lentine and Daniel C. Brennan
Statin use after renal transplantation: a systematic quality review of trial-based evidence
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2378-2386.

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Robert Deicher, Farzad Ziai, Antje Habicht, Christian Bieglmayer, Martin Schillinger, and Walter H. Hörl
Vitamin C plasma level and response to erythropoietin in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2319-2324.
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 
Maurice Laville and Eric Alamartine
Treatment options for IgA nephropathy in adults: a proposal for evidence-based strategy
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1947-1951.
Read the article
     
    Patrick Wiese and Barbara Nonnast-Daniel
    Colour Doppler ultrasound in dialysis access
    NDT Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
    Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1956-1963.
    Read the article
     
    Matsuhiko Hayashi, Yoshitsugu Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Itaya, Tsuneo Takenaka, Kenji Kobayashi, Mamoru Yoshizawa, Ryuichi Nakamura, Toshiaki Monkawa, and Atsuhiro Ichihara
    Comparison of the effects of calcitriol and maxacalcitol on secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients on chronic haemodialysis: a randomized prospective multicentre trial
    NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
    Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2067-2073.
   

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Robert W. Schrier, Wei Wang, Brian Poole, and Amit Mitra

Acute renal failure: definitions, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and therapy

J. Clin. Invest. 2004;114 5-14

Read the article
 

A noninflammatory pathway for pregnancy loss: innate immune activation?

Read the short introductory note by Jane E. Salmon

J. Clin. Invest. 2004;114 15-17

Read the article
   
 

and the full article Ovarian insufficiency and early pregnancy loss induced by activation of the innate immune system by Adrian Erlebacher and co.,

 

J. Clin. Invest. 2004;114 39-48

  Read the article
   
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Chirag R. Parikh, Michael J. Fischer, Raymond Estacio, and Robert W. Schrier

 Rapid microalbuminuria screening in type 2 diabetes mellitus: simplified approach  with Micral test  strips and specific gravity
 NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1881-1885.
 Read the article

 

 Alastair J. Hutchison, Mary Speake, and Fouad Al-Baaj
   Reducing high phosphate levels in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing  dialysis: a 4-week, dose-finding, open-label study with lanthanum carbonate
   Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1902-1906.
   Read the article
   

 

 
Read the commentary note "coupling metabolism and immunology " and the original article
Vishwa Deep Dixit , Eric M. Schaffer, Robert S. Pyle, Gary D. Collins, Senthil K. Sakthivel , Ravichandran Palaniappan , James W. Lillard , Jr ., and Dennis D. Taub

Ghrelin inhibits leptin - and activation-induced proinflammatory cytokine expression by human monocytes and T cells

JCI 2004 114: 57-66.
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Read the commentary note "Platelet Activating Factor to the bone " and the original article
Hisako Hikiji , Satoshi Ishii, Hideo Shindou , Tsuyoshi Takato , and Takao Shimizu
Absence of platelet-activating factor receptor protects mice from osteoporosis following ovariectomy
  JCI 2004 114: 85-93.
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Ulrich Kunzendorf, Ekkehard Ziegler, and Dieter Kabelitz

 FTY720-the first compound of a new promising class of immunosuppressive drugs
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1677-1681.
 Read the article
 

 Harold J. Manley, Cory G. Garvin, Debra K. Drayer, Gerald M. Reid, Walter L. Bender, Timothy K.  Neufeld, Sudarshan Hebbar, and Richard S. Muther

 Medication prescribing patterns in ambulatory haemodialysis patients: comparisons of USRDS to a large not-for-profit dialysis provider
  NDT Advance Access published on May 5, 2004
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1842-1848
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Alberto Magnasco, Giuseppe Bacchini, Antonio Cappello, Vincenzo La Milia, Brigida Brezzi,  PierGiorgio Messa and Francesco Locatelli

 Clinical validation of glucose pump test (GPT) compared with ultrasound dilution  technology in arteriovenous graft surveillance
 NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1835-1841
 Read the article
 

Derek M. Fine, Aravind Arepally, Lawrence V. Hofmann, Steven G. Mankowitz, and Mohamed G. Atta

Diagnostic utility and safety of transjugular kidney biopsy in the obese patient
  NDT Advance Access published on May 5, 2004
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1798-1802.
  Read the article
   
  Waqar H. Kazmi, Gregorio T. Obrador, Samina S. Khan, Brian J. G. Pereira, and Annamaria T. Kausz
  Late nephrology referral and mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease: a propensity score analysis
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1808-1814
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  Dirk R. Kuypers, Kathleen Claes, Pieter Evenepoel, Bart Maes, and Yves Vanrenterghem
  A prospective proof of concept study of the efficacy of tacrolimus ointment on uraemic pruritus (UP) in patients on chronic dialysis therapy
  NDT Advance Access published on May 18, 2004
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1895-1901
  Read the article
   

 

 

A fork in the road of cell differentiation in the kidney tubule

Read the introductory note by Qais Al-Awqati and George J. Schwartz
J. Clin. Invest. 113 :1528-1530 (2004).
Read the article
 
and the relevant article by Sandra Rodrigo Blomqvist et al.

Distal renal tubular acidosis in mice that lack the forkhead transcription factor Foxi1

J. Clin. Invest. 113 :1560-1570 (2004).
Read the article
   
Tien Yin Wong, Anoop Shankar, Ronald Klein, Barbara E K Klein, Larry D Hubbard
Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension
BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38124.682523.55
Read the Article
   
  Anna Holdgate and Tamara Pollock
  Systematic review of the relative efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids in the treatment of acute renal colic
  BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38119.581991.55
  Read the article
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Bruno Hoen

 Infective endocarditis: a frequent disease in dialysis patients
 NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1360-1362
 Read the article
 
 
 

 

 

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler and Christian Haass

Amyloid at the cutting edge: activation of a-secretase prevents amyloidogenesis in an Alzheimer disease mouse model

J. Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 1384-1387.
Read the article
 
Thomas Decker

Sepsis: avoiding its deadly toll

  J. Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 1387-1389.
  Read the article
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Jeremy B. Levy, E. Joanna Chambers, and Edwina A. Brown

 Supportive care for the renal patient
 NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1357-1360.
 Read the article
 
 Francesco G. Casino and Mark R. Marshall
 Simple and accurate quantification of dialysis in acute renal failure patients during  either urea non-steady state or treatment with irregular or continuous schedules
 NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1454-1466.
 Read the article

 

Vasant Narasimhan, Hilary Brown, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Orvill Adams, Gilles Dussault, Gijs Elzinga, Anders Nordstrom, Demissie Habte, Marian Jacobs, Giorgio Solimano, Nelson Sewankambo, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Timothy Evans, Lincoln Chen

Responding to the global human resources crisis

Lancet 2004; 363: 1469-72
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Peter Ammann , Matthias Pfisterer , Thomas Fehr , Hans Rickli

Raised cardiac troponins

BMJ  2004;328:1028-1029 (1 May)
Read the article
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Behdad Afzali , Ali A. Haydar , Katie Vinen , and David J. A. Goldsmith

Beneficial effects of statins on the kidney: the evidence moves from mouse to man
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol . Dial. Transplant. 19: 1032-1036.
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Peggy W. G. du Buf-Vereijken , Amanda J. W. Branten , and Jack F. M. Wetzels
Cytotoxic therapy for membranous nephropathy and renal insufficiency: improved renal survival but high relapse rate
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol . Dial. Transplant. 19: 1142-1148
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Kevin M. O'Shaughnessy and Fiona E. Karet

Salt handling and hypertension

J. Clin. Invest. 113 :1075-1081 (2004).
Read the article
 
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Coen D. A. Stehouwer

Endothelial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy: state of the art and potential significance for non-diabetic renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 778-781.
Read the article
 
Francesco Locatelli, Adrian Covic, Charles Chazot, Karel Leunissen, José Luño, and Mohammed Yaqoob
Optimal composition of the dialysate, with emphasis on its influence on blood pressure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 785-796.
Read the article
   
  Daniel Palmes, Heiner Hubert Wolters, Jens Brockmann, Norbert Senninger, Hans-Ullrich Spiegel, and Karl-Heinz Dietl
  Strategies for compensating for the declining numbers of cadaver donor kidney transplants
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 952-962.
  Read the article

 

 
Mark T. Nelson and Adrian D. Bonev
The ß1 subunit of the Ca 2+ -sensitive K + channel protects against hypertension
J. Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 955-957.
Read the article
 
Cathy Mendelsohn
Functional obstruction: the renal pelvis rules
J. Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 957-959.
Read the article
   
F Fausto Palazzo, Gregory P Sadler, TS Reene
Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
BMJ  2004;328:849-850
Read the article
 
 

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Carlo Rotelli, Roberto Giacosa, Maria Lombardi, Sibilla Sagripanti, Silvia Buratti, Diego Ardissino, and Aderville Cabassi

Plasma and urinary free 3-nitrotyrosine following cardiac angiography procedures with non-ionic radiocontrast media
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 865-869.
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Gabriel C. Oniscu, Helen Brown, and John L. R. Forsythe
How great is the survival advantage of transplantation over dialysis in elderly patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 945-951.
Read the article

 

 
Stéphane Laurent
Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society
BMJ  2004;328:593-594
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Devasenan Devendra, Edwin Liu, George S Eisenbarth
Type 1 diabetes: recent developments
BMJ  2004;328:750-754
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Pierre-François Plouin, Laurence Amar, and Gilles Chatellier
Trends in the prevalence of primary aldosteronism, aldosterone-producing adenomas, and surgically correctable aldosterone-dependent hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 774-777.
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Michel Jadoul, Jean-Louis Poignet, Colin Geddes, Francesco Locatelli, Charlotte Medin, Magdalena Krajewska, Guillermina Barril, Ernst Scheuermann, Sandor Sonkodi, and Patrick Goubau
The changing epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in haemodialysis: European multicentre study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 904-909.
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Christian Stefan Haas, Kerstin Amann, Johann Braun
Bone tumour and haemodialysis
The Lancet 2004; 363
Read the article
   

 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Rainer Düsing and Hendrik Lehnert
Diabetogenic effect of antihypertensive treatment: primum nil nocere
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 531-534.
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Marcel C. Weijmer, Marc G. Vervloet, and Piet M. ter Wee
Compared to tunnelled cuffed haemodialysis catheters, temporary untunnelled catheters are associated with more complications already within 2 weeks of use
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 670-677.
Read the article
 
Paul Roderick, Ruth Davies, Chris Jones, Terry Feest, Steve Smith, and Ken Farrington
Simulation model of renal replacement therapy: predicting future demand in England
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 692-701.
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Takashi Shimada, Makoto Kakitani, Yuji Yamazaki, Hisashi Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Toshiro Fujita, Seiji Fukumoto, Kazuma Tomizuka, and Takeyoshi Yamashita
Targeted ablation of Fgf23 demonstrates an essential physiological role of FGF23 in phosphate and vitamin D metabolism
J. Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 561-568.
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 Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

 Luis M. Ruilope
 New European guidelines for management of hypertension: what is relevant for the  nephrologist
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 524-528.
 Read the article
 
 Wim Van Biesen, Norbert Lameire, Nic Veys, and Bert Vanderhaegen
 
 From curing to caring: one character change makes a world of difference. Issues related  to withholding/withdrawing renal replacement therapy (RRT) from patients with  important co-morbidities
 Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 536-540.
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Patient Ratings of Dialysis Care With Peritoneal Dialysis vs Hemodialysis
Haya R. Rubin, Nancy E. Fink, Laura C. Plantinga, John H. Sadler, Alan S. Kliger, Neil R. Powe
JAMA. 2004;291:697-703.
Read the article
   
Effects of low dose ramipril on cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and raised excretion of urinary albumin: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial (the DIABHYCAR study)
  Michel Marre, Michel Lievre, Gilles Chatellier, Johannes F E Mann, Philippe Passa, Joël Ménard
  BMJ. 2004 Feb 11
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Francesco Locatelli, Pedro Aljama, Peter Barany, Bernard Canaud, Fernando Carrera, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Iain C. Macdougall, Alison Macleod, Walter H. Hörl, Andrzej Wiecek, and Stewart Cameron
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and antibody-mediated pure red-cell aplasia: here are we now and where do we go from here?
Nephrol.Dial.Transplant. 19: 288-293.
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Richard Kitching, Paul Hutchinson, Robert C. Atkins, and Stephen R. Holdsworth
 
The role of flow cytometric ANCA detection in screening for acute pauci -immune crescentic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol.Dial.Transplant. 19: 365-370.
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Stewart H. Lambie, Maarten W. Taal, Richard J. Fluck, and Christopher W. McIntyre
Analysis of factors associated with variability in haemodialysis adequacy
Nephrol.Dial.Transplant. 19: 406-412
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Cell proliferation and metabolism are regulated by insulin, but whether or not these two processes are interdependent has remained questionable. Kitamura and colleagues offer insightful data obtained in mice with variable degrees of cellular mosaicism for null insulin receptor (Insr) alleles.
Tadahiro Kitamura, Yukari Kitamura, Jun Nakae, Antonio Giordano, Saverio Cinti, C. Ronald Kahn, Argiris Efstratiadis, and Domenico Accili
Mosaic analysis of insulin receptor function
J . Clin. Invest. 2004 113: 209-219.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Helmut Reichel, Martin Zeier, and Eberhard Ritz
Proteinuria after renal transplantation: pathogenesis and management
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 301-305.
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Luc Turmel-Rodrigues
 
Stenosis and thrombosis in haemodialysis fistulae and grafts: the radiologist's point of view
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 306-308.
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Volker Mickley
Stenosis and thrombosis in haemodialysis fistulae and grafts: the surgeon's point of view
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 309-311.
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Francesco Locatelli, Ronald L. Pisoni, Christian Combe, Juergen Bommer, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Luis Piera, Roger Greenwood, Harold I. Feldman, Friedrich K. Port, and Philip J. Held
Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 121-132
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Reinhard Klingel, Michael Schaefer, Andreas Schwarting, Frido Himmelsbach, Ulrich Altes, Ingrid Uhlenbusch-Körwer, and Gerd Hafner
Comparative analysis of procoagulatory activity of haemodialysis, haemofiltration and haemodiafiltration with a polysulfone membrane (APS) and with different modes of enoxaparin anticoagulation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 164-170.
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Olivier Cointault, Nassim Kamar, Pierre Bories, Laurence Lavayssiere, Olivier Angles, Lionel Rostaing, Michèle Genestal, and Dominique Durand
Regional citrate anticoagulation in continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration using commercial solutions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 171-178.
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When cells get stressed: an integrative view of cellular senescence
Ittai Ben-Porath and Robert A. Weinberg
J. Clin. Invest. 2004;113 8-13
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The relative roles of growth hormone and IGF-1 in controlling insulin
sensitivity
David R. Clemmons
J. Clin. Invest. 2004;113 25-27
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

Liffert Vogt, Gozewijn D. Laverman, Robin P. F. Dullaart, and Gerjan Navis
Lipid management in the proteinuric patient: do not overlook the importance of proteinuria reduction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 5-8.
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Ezio Movilli, Giovanni C. Cancarini, Silvia Cassamali, Corrado Camerini, Giulio Brunori, Camilla Maffei, and Rosario Maiorca
Inter-dialytic variations in blood volume and total body water in uraemic patients treated by dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 185-189.
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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation selected articles:

The DOPPS study is the most important observational study performed so far in ESRD. Read two important DOPPS papers on HD prescription and adherence and on mortality and hospitalization in Europe.

Erwin Hecking, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Hugh C. Rayner, Ronald L. Pisoni, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Christian Combe, Roger Greenwood, Keith McCullough, Harold I. Feldman, Eric W. Young, Philip J. Held, and Friedrich K. Port
Haemodialysis prescription, adherence and nutritional indicators in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 100-107
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Hugh C. Rayner, Ronald L. Pisoni, Juergen Bommer, Bernard Canaud, Erwin Hecking, Francesco Locatelli, Luis Piera, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Harold I. Feldman, David A. Goodkin, Brenda Gillespie, Robert A. Wolfe, Philip J. Held, and Friedrich K. Port
Mortality and hospitalization in haemodialysis patients in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 108-120.
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Eduard A. Iliescu, Karen E. Yeates, and David C. Holland
Quality of sleep in patients with chronic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 95-99.
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