NDT Plus

I. Editorial Feature

In-Depth Clinical Review

Get checked abstract Edwin Wijnen, Frank M. van der Sande, Jan H. M. Tordoir, Jeroen P. Kooman, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Effect of online haemodialysis vascular access flow evaluation and pre-emptive intervention on the frequency of access thrombosis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 22, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 279-284; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature

Thomas Ben

Life at the UK renal registry—an unforgettable experience
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 11, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 285; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Clinical Reports

Case Reports

Get checked abstract Ramón Peces, Carlos Peces, Eliecer Coto, and Rafael Selgas

Bilineal inheritance of type 1 autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and recurrent fetal loss
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 289-291; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Italia Perruzza, Valentina Di Pietro, Barbara Tavazzi, Giuseppe Lazzarino, Marco Gamberini, Paola Barsotti, Angela Maria Amorini, Bruno Giardina, and Alessandro Balducci

Is adenine phophorybosiltransferase deficiency a still underdiagnosed cause of urolithiasis and chronic renal failure? A report of two cases in a family with an uncommon novel mutation
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 292-295; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mufaddal F. Kheda and Harold M. Szerlip

Two cases of iodixanol-induced pancreatitis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 2, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 296-299; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn063 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eleni Georgaki-Angelaki, Stavroula Kostaridou, Athanasia Lourida, C. Petraki, and Evagelia Lagona

Abrupt and durable remission of Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis with cyclosporine A
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 300-302; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kunal Chaudhary, Ji-Young Shin, Georges Saab, and Alan M. Luger

Successful treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis with plasma exchange in an adult male
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 303-306; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johannes Trachsler, Ariana Gaspert, Marco Previsdomini, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, and Thomas Fehr

Massive uric acid nephrolithiasis with progressive renal failure due to spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 22, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 307-309; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas M. Selby, John Anderson, Peter Bungay, Lindsay J. Chesterton, and Nitin V. Kolhe

Obstructive nephropathy and kidney injury associated with ketamine abuse
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 310-312; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephen B. Walsh, Shaun A. Summers, Peter L. Amlot, Michael T. Sheaff, and Guy H. Neild

Rapamycin-induced remission of Kaposi's sarcoma is not associated with expansion of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte subsets
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 313-315; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George Bayliss, W. Jacobs, and Mark Williams

Renal failure and abdominal pain as the presenting symptoms of a rare tumor of the aorta masquerading as a calcified plaque
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 12, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 316-318; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lazarus Karamadoukis, Tibor Toth, and Charlie Tomson

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with an Epstein–Barr virus infection
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 4, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 319-321; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rahima Jamal, Marc Ghannoum, Jean-Francois Naud, Pierre-Paul Turgeon, and Martine Leblanc

Permanent renal failure induced by pentastarch
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 23, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 322-325; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Noël Knops and Erik Beek

Salvage of a radiocephalic fistula by the palmar arch
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 326-328; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Elisabetta Parenti, Paolo Greco, and Aderville Cabassi

Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) for acute lithium intoxication
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 3, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 329-332; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Declan de Freitas, Titus Augustine, Helen Hurst, Paul Taylor, Rosalind Williams, Alastair Hutchison, Paul E. C. Brenchley, and Angela M. Summers

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis following renal transplantation despite tamoxifen and immunosuppressive therapy
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 333-335; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julia Hoefele, Despina Rüssmann, Barbara Klein, Lutz T. Weber, and Monika Führer

BK virus induced nephritis in a boy with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing bone marrow transplantation
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 3, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 336-339; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-François Augusto, Johnny Sayegh, Anne Croue, Jean-François Subra, and Céline Onno

Renal transplant malakoplakia: case report and review of the literature
NDT Plus Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 340-343; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn028 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Educational Features

Teaching Points

Edward Pringle, Henrietta Ho, Eoin O’Sullivan, and Charles Soper

Reversible bilateral optic disc swelling in a renal patient treated with nitrofurantoin
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 6, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 344-345; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn045 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gianni Bellomo, Claudio Verdura, Sandro Venanzi, Paolo Saronio, and Mario Timio

A 34-year-old man with membranous nephropathy, a rash, meningitis and ocular involvement
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 6, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 346-348; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn050 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leonard M. Ebah, Nicholas Mapstone, Simon P. Gibson, and Alexander Woywodt

Diagnosis by inclusion
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 28, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 349-353; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn061 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asher Korzets, Uzi Gafter, Avri Chagnac, Boris Zingerman, Valeriya Morduchovitz, and Yaacov Ori

Thalidomide: a treatment option for bleeding GI angiodysplasias in dialysed patients
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 5, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 354-356; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz

Sofia Jorge, José António Lopes, Patrícia Lages, Hugo Corte-Real, Henrique Bento, Carlos França, and Mateus Martins Prata

Acute abdomen and acute kidney injury: a common entity, a not so rare link?
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 357-358; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirsty Le Doaré, Seyed Ameli-Renani, Debasish Banerjee, Stephen J. D. Brecker, and John B. Eastwood

Acute renal failure and multiple sites of ischaemia: what is the unifying diagnosis?
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 359-360; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology

Michiko Hori, Yoshifumi Ubara, Shohei Nakanishi, Naoko Inosita, and Kenmei Takaichi

Hyperparathyroidism in a diabetic patient on dialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 6, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 361-362; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catalina Vélez, Oscar A. Franco, and Luis F. Arias

Von Hansemann cells and Michaelis–Gutmann bodies in a retroperitoneal mass
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 6, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 363-364; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Athanasios C. Liolios, Erich Woess, and Karl Lhotta

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS)
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 365-366; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn057 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuh-Feng Wang, Shih-Kai Lan, Shu-Mei Chang, and Jainn-Shiun Chiu

Tracing chameleon: thallium-201 SPECT/CT for pheochromocytoma
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 4, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 367-368; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marguerite C. McCloskey, John Smyth, Wendy Marshall, and Niall Leonard

Octreotide scanning in the detection of metastatic renal cell carcinoma
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 369-370; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn094 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

François Jouret, Sarah Differding, Renaud Lhommel, Michel Jadoul, and Michel Lambert

A mysterious ‘homesickness’
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 371-372; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn093 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aron Chakera, Nigel Cowan, and Chris Winearls

STIR(ing) appearance of rhabdomyolysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 373-374; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn092 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letters

Naoki Takahashi, Hideki Kimura, Shinichi Nishi, Chie Yamamoto, Yumiko Kawajiri, Yasukazu Makino, Tadashi Konoshita, Isamu Miyamori, and Haruyoshi Yoshida

Rapid remission of minimal change disease with angiotensin II antagonist treatment in a type 1 diabetic patient with no diabetic nephropathy
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 375-376; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reza Afshar, Suzan Sanavi, Mohammad Ali Fakharian, and Mahnaz Ahmadzadeh

The pattern of proteinuria following karate (Kumite) competitions
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 376-377; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dimitris Xydakis, Apostolos Papadogiannakis, Maria Sfakianaki, Konstantinos Kostakis, and Aikaterinh Sfyridakh

The effect of angiotensin type 1 receptor blockade on adhesion molecules in patients with IgA nephropathy
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 377; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn096 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takahiro Masuda, Mitsunobu Murata, Sumiko Honma, Yoshitaka Iwazu, Manabu Ogura, Akira Onishi, Kazuyuki Shimada, Eiji Kusano, and Yasushi Asano

Pulse oximetry is useful for screening sleep apnoea syndrome in dialysis patients
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 378-379; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simohamed Belmouaz, Marc Bauwens, Sophie Chauvet, Frank Bridoux, and Guy Touchard

Cinacalcet in HIV haemodialysis patients
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 28, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 379-380; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annalisa Teutonico, Pasquale Libutti, Carlo Lomonte, Maurizio Antonelli, Francesco Casucci, and Carlo Basile

Treatment of metformin-associated lactic acidosis with sustained low-efficiency daily dialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 23, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 380-381; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

Patrick Peeters

Medical complications of kidney transplantation
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 4, 2008
NDT Plus 2008 1: 382; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn107 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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