March 2008 Volume 4 Number 3
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Transplantation and the Kidney
September 25-28, 2008
Rome, Italy
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EDITORIAL
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Meta-analysis of small trials: proceed with caution
Michael E Farkouh and Valentin Fuster
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VIEWPOINTS
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Dilatation is usually the best treatment for stenosis of the arteriovenous
hemodialysis fistula
Luc Turmel-Rodrigues
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Should we be using calcium-containing phosphate binders in patients on
dialysis?
David M Spiegel and Geoffrey A Block
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Improved GFR estimates with a new model that incorporates both
cystatin C and creatinine
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Standardization of creatinine measurement substantially improves GFR
estimation
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Use of NAC to prevent contrast-induced nephrotoxicity remains unsupported
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Colorectal cleansing with oral sodium phosphate is associated with acute
kidney injury
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Influenza vaccination does not increase the relapse rate in
ANCA-associated vasculitis
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Erythropoietin reduction versus erythropoietin discontinuation at high
hemoglobin levels
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Hemoglobin variability and mortality in end-stage renal disease
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Rosiglitazone can reduce proteinuria in patients with nondiabetic renal
disease
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Renal function recovery after 90 days on dialysis in patients with
chronic renal failure
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Seasonal variations in serum biochemistry among patients on peritoneal
dialysis
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Age matching elderly kidney donors and recipients
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Online clearance is as reliable as ultrasound dilution for vascular
access monitoring
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Transcriptome analysis is a superior method for predicting delayed kidney
graft function
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Peritubular capillary C4d deposition not linked with graft outcome in
late acute rejection
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PRACTICE POINTS
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How can the safety and diagnostic yield of percutaneous renal biopsies
be optimized?
J Charles Jennette and Abhijit V Kshirsagar
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Association between [beta]-blocker use and reduced mortality after
vascular surgery in patients with kidney disease
Hiromichi Suzuki
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Prophylactic hemodialysis for the prevention of contrast-induced
nephropathy after coronary angiography
Giancarlo Marenzi
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Does frequent nocturnal hemodialysis result in better outcomes than
conventional thrice-weekly hemodialysis?
Andreas Pierratos
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Subclinical renal allograft rejection and protocol biopsies: quo vadis?
Brian J Nankivell
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Assessing the vascular effects of early erythropoietin use in pediatric
renal transplant recipients
David M Briscoe and Soumitro Pal
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REVIEWS
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The contrasting characteristics of acute kidney injury in developed and
developing countries
Jorge Cerda, Arvind Bagga, Vijay Kher and Rajasekara M Chakravarthi
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Technology Insight: biomarker development in acute kidney injury-what
can we anticipate?
Bruce A Molitoris, Vyacheslav Y Melnikov, Mark D Okusa and Jonathan
Himmelfarb
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CASE STUDY
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Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease in an HIV-infected patient
Eric Wechsler, Tom Yang, Stanley C Jordan, Ashley Vo and Cynthia C Nast
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ARTICLE RESPONSES
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Cystatin C has prognostic value after liver transplantation
Daniela Kniepeiss, Philipp Stiegler, Regina E Roller, Andrea
Groselj-Strele and Gerhard Wirnsberger
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Authors' response to "Cystatin C has prognostic value after liver
transplantation"
Phuong-Thu T Pham, Phuong-Chi T Pham and Alan H Wilkinson
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