August 2008 Volume 4 Number 8
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EDITORIAL
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The unique role of nephrologists in the pursuit of global health goals
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Point-of-care measurement device can accurately identify patients with
microalbuminuria
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Loop diuretic use increases bone loss in older men
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Serum cystatin C versus serum creatinine for GFR estimation in patients
with HIV
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AKIN modifications do not improve the RIFLE criteria for acute kidney
injury
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Self-measured blood pressure for the titration of antihypertensive
medication
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Use of accelerated venovenous hemofiltration in the intensive care setting
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Pentoxifylline lowers proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy
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CKD increases risk of acute kidney injury during hospitalization
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Risk of death versus end-stage renal disease in patients with CKD
without diabetes
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Hypertensive CKD in African Americans progresses despite treatment
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No need to screen kidney donors or recipients for Toxoplasma where
seroprevalence is low
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Potential kidney donors accept higher donor risk than do clinicians or
recipients
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Ureteral stent placement during kidney transplantation confers no benefit
in children
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Dual transplantation of marginal kidneys can provide sufficient function
for recipients
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PRACTICE POINTS
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Does intensive insulin therapy protect renal function in critically ill
patients?
Rinaldo Bellomo
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Assessment of urinary albumin excretion might improve cardiovascular
outcome in patients with hypertension
Paolo Palatini
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Is calcitriol treatment associated with improved survival in predialysis
patients with chronic kidney disease?
Takayuki Hamano
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Does ferric gluconate lower epoetin requirements in hemodialysis patients
with high ferritin levels?
Rajiv Agarwal
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The art of classifying renal allograft pathology
Jan J Weening
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VIEWPOINTS
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Routine reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: not ready for
prime time
Richard J Glassock and Christopher G Winearls
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Does hyperlipidemia injure the kidney?
Elisabeth F Grone and Hermann-Josef Grone
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REVIEWS
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An overview of nocturia and the syndrome of nocturnal polyuria in the elderly
Dean A Kujubu and Sherif R Aboseif
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Anemia and anemia correction: surrogate markers or causes of morbidity
in chronic kidney disease?
Nosratola D Vaziri
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A primer on recurrent and de novo glomerulonephritis in renal allografts
Bela Ivanyi
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CASE STUDY
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A patient with a juxtaglomerular cell tumor with histological vascular
invasion
Jonathan Beaudoin, Martine Perigny, Bernard Tetu and Marcel Lebel
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ARTICLE RESPONSE
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22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome is a common cause of renal tract
malformations
Stephane Burtey
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