April 2008 Volume 4 Number 4
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Transplantation and the Kidney
September 25-28, 2008
Rome, Italy
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EDITORIAL
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An ounce of prevention
Stephen B Hanauer
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VIEWPOINTS
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Do we need new indicators of dialysis adequacy based on middle-molecule
removal?
Raymond Vanholder, Sunny Eloot and Wim Van Biesen
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Laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy: a call to action
Soroush Rais-Bahrami and Louis R Kavoussi
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Does hyperechogenicity of the renal cortex indicate kidney disease in
children?
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Meta-analysis quantifies the effect of obesity on the risk of kidney
disease
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Systematic review validates the RIFLE criteria in acute kidney injury
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Renal length discrepancy on ultrasound predicts pediatric renal
abnormalities
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Commonly used screening test fails to detect Fabry disease in some
patients
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Standardized terminology and diagnostic criteria for wasting syndromes
in kidney disease
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Losartan is renoprotective in diabetic nephropathy despite causing
hemoglobin level to drop
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Molecular diagnostics useful in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney
disease
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HTEMS for peripheral neuropathy in end-stage renal disease
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What factors influence survival of tunneled venous catheters?
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Physical examination of arteriovenous grafts can aid detection of
stenotic lesions
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Surgical revision improves fistula patency in patients with cephalic
arch stenosis
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Low-dose tacrolimus is associated with superior short-term outcomes
of transplantation
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Repeated Ramadan fasting does not affect kidney function in renal
transplant recipients
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PRACTICE POINTS
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Predicting outcome of IgA nephropathy by use of urinary epidermal
growth factor: monocyte chemotactic peptide 1 ratio
Takashi Wada
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Management of anemia with intravenous methoxy polyethylene
glycol-epoetin beta in patients on dialysis
Adeera Levin
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No apparent survival disadvantage of high peritoneal membrane transport
status after transfer to hemodialysis
Rafael Selgas, M Auxiliadora Bajo, Gloria del Peso and Maria-Jose
Fernandez-Reyes
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On the utility of screening for anti-MICA antibodies before kidney
transplantation
Jean-Paul Soulillou
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Do calcium channel blockers prevent delayed graft function after renal
transplantation?
Jeffrey A Giullian and J Harold Helderman
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REVIEWS
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Preventive health care in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal
disease
Devasmita Choudhury and Cynthia Luna-Salazar
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Defining acute kidney injury: what is the most appropriate metric?
Richard Solomon and Alan Segal
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Mechanisms of Disease: the hypoxic tubular hypothesis of diabetic
nephropathy
Dhruv K Singh, Peter Winocour and Ken Farrington
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CASE STUDY
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Successful pregnancy in a patient with Landesman's Group C autosomal
dominant polycystic kidney disease
Mobin Mohteshamzadeh, Andrew Coutinho, Ibi Erekosima, Rana Rustom and
Christopher F Wong
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