Vol. 2 — March-April 2004

• Leptin and bone metabolism
  

  Giorgio Coen¹

  (1) St. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome - Italy

• The fate of bone after renal transplantation
  

  V.M. Brandenburg¹, R. Westenfeld¹, M. Ketteler¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aa

• Determinants of coronary vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: A s
  

  P.A. McCullough¹, K.R. Sandberg², F. Dumler³, J.E. Yanez²

  (1) Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaum
  (2) Department of Medicine, Division of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Ro
  (3) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI - USA

• A primer on survival analysis
  

  I.H. Khan¹, G.J. Prescott²

  (1) Renal Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland - UK
  (2) Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland - UK

• Access site-related Infection in dialysis: The AStRID project. A multicenter prospective Italian study
  

  P.L. Viale¹, G. Brunori², N. Petrosillo³, L. Scudeller⁴, A. Beltrame¹, L. Sottini², G. Cancarini⁵, S. Brusaferro⁶, R. Maiorca², G. Carosi⁷, , for the Astrid Study Group *⁸

  (1) Institute of Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical and Morphological Research School of Medicin
  (2) Division of Nephrology, University and Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (3) National Institute of Infectious Disease "L. Spallanzani", Rome - Italy
  (4) Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Policlinico Universitario di Udine, Udine
  (5) Chair and Division of Nephrology, University and Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (6) Institute of Hygiene, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pathology and Medicine, Medical School
  (7) Clinic of Infectious and Tropical Disease, University and Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (8) see below for list of participants

• Infective endocarditis in maintenance hemodialysis patients: Fifteen years experience in one medical center
  

  C-F. Chang¹, B. I.-T. Kuo², T.-L. chen³, W-C. Yang⁴, S.D. Lee⁵, C-C. Lin⁴

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medic
  (2) Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Taipei Veterans Gener
  (3) Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and National Yang-Ming University School of
  (4) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and School of Medic
  (5) Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming

• Bacterial meningitis in hemodialyzed patients
  

  B.-C. Cheng¹, W.-N. Chang², C.-H. Lu², J.-B. Chen³, C.-S. Chang², C.-H. Lee⁴, C.-T. Lee³, T.-C. Chen¹, H.-H. Pan¹, K.-T. Hsu¹, C.-R. Huang², N.-W. Tsai², C.-J. Chang⁵, P.-L. Hung⁵, K.-W. Wang⁶

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (2) Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital - Taiwan
  (4) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (5) Department of Pediatric Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (6) Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan

• Decrease in infections with the introduction of mupirocin cream at the peritoneal dialysis catheter exit site
  

  L. Uttley¹, A. Vardhan¹, S. Mahajan², B. Smart¹, A. Hutchinson¹, R. Gokal¹

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester - UK
  (2) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - India

• Total lymphocyte count in peripheral blood of peritoneal dialysis patients: Relationship to clinical parameters and outc
  

  K. Ates¹, A. Ates², S. Kutlay¹, G. Nergizog lu³, O. Karatan³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Clinic of Immunology and Rheumatology, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara - Turkey
  (3) Nergizog lu

• Leptin and biochemical markers of bone turnover in dialysis patients
  

  Carmine Zoccali¹, V. Panuccio², Giovanni Tripepi³, S. Cutrupi⁴, P. Pizzini⁴, F. Mallamaci⁵

  (1) CNR-IBIM e UO di Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto Renale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Reggio Calabria
  (2) CNR-IBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Biomedicine Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopatho
  (3) CNR-IBIM, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biomedicina Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiop
  (4) CNR-IBIM, Institute of Biomedicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and
  (5) CNR-IBIM, Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle Malatie Renali e dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa,

• Efficacy and tolerability of manidipine in the treatment of hypertension in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney di
  

  L. Del Vecchio¹, M. Pozzi², A. Salvetti³, G. Maschio⁴, M. Fusaroli⁵, C. Rovati⁶, F. Antonucci⁷, C. Cascone⁸, F. Scanferla⁹, Vincenzo Panichi¹⁰, A. Sturani¹¹, Francesco Locatelli¹

  (1) Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale 'A. Manzoni', Lecco - Italy
  (2) Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale "A. Manzoni", Lecco
  (3) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (4) Departments of Nephrology, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona - Italy
  (5) U.O. Aziendale di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale 'S. Maria delle Croci', Ravenna - Italy
  (6) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento
  (7) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, S. Maria del Prato Hospital, Feltre
  (8) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Civile Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto
  (9) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Mestre
  (10) Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Universita' di Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (11) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, S. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna

• Cardiac cyclic variation of integrated backscatter in hypertension and dialysis patients
  

  H. Akar¹, C. Ceyhan², Y. Yenicerioglu¹, K. Keven³, A. Onbasili², T. Tekten²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin - Turkey
  (2) Department of Cardiology, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin - Turkey
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey

• Referral of type 1 diabetic patients to a nephrology unit: will pre-emptive transplantation change our life?
  

  G.B. Piccoli¹, E. Mezza¹, M. Gino², G. Grassi³, G. Soragna¹, F. Fop⁴, M. Burdese¹, M. Gai⁴, D. Motta⁴, B. Malfi⁴, M. Rossetti⁴, F. Dani³, A. Jeantet¹, G.P. Segoloni¹

  (1) Chair of Nephrology, University of Turin - Italy
  (2) Chair of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Torino - Italy
  (3) Unit of Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin - Italy
  (4) Chair of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin - Italy

• Neoral dose adjustment after conversion from C0 to C2 monitoring in stable renal transplant recipients: A prospective si
  

  S. Sandrini¹, N. Bossini², G. Setti², C. Mazzucchelli¹, P. Maiorca¹, G. Cancarini³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia - Italy
  (2) Cattedra e Divisione di Nefrologia, Universit e Spedali Civili, Brescia
  (3) Chair and Division of Nephrology, University and Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy

• Erectile dysfunction in kidney transplanted patients: Efficacy of sildenafil
  

  D. Russo¹, D. Musone¹, V. Alteri², L. Cindolo², B. Lanzillo³, S. Federico¹, Vittorio E. Andreucci¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University "Federico II" Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University "Federico II" Naples, Naples - Italy
  (3) Foundation "G. Maugieri", Campoli (BN) - Italy

• Leishmaniasis in patients with chronic renal failure: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician
  

  P. Maggi¹, V. Gaudiano², M. Valente³, A. Latorraca², R.L. Cavaliere¹, M. Marroni³, A.M.V. Larocca⁴, G. Stagni³, T. Lopez⁵, G. Pastore¹

  (1) Clinic for Infectious Diseases, University of Bari - Italy
  (2) Regional Transplant Center Basilicata, Matera Hospital - Italy
  (3) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Section of Infectious Disease, Univers
  (4) Institute of Hygiene, University of Bari - Italy
  (5) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Matera Hospital - Italy

• End-stage renal disease in leprosy
  

  C. Lomonte¹, G. Chiarulli¹, F. Cazzato¹, B. Giammaria¹, G. Marchio¹, N. Losurdo¹, M. Antonelli¹, F. Casucci¹, C. Basile²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Miulli Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (2) Unita' Operativa Complessa di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ente Ecclesiastico, Ospedale Generale Regionale

• Juvenile renal cell carcinoma as first manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease
  

  A. Granata¹, A. Sessa², M. Righetti², S. Cordaro¹, G. Leone¹, M. Figura¹, P. Fatuzzo³, V. Rapisarda³, E. Di Maria⁴, P. Ciotti⁴, P. Mandich⁴, A. Nardo¹, M. Ferrone⁵, S. Gallone⁵, G. Liuzzo¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, "Garibaldi - S. Luigi - Ascoli Tomaselli" Hospital, Catania -
  (2) U.O.C. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale di Vimercate, Vimercate, Milano
  (3) Department of Surgical Nephrology, Post Graduate School of Nephrology, University of Catania - Italy
  (4) Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Genetics, Section of Medical Genetics, University of G
  (5) SCDU Medical Genetics, Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin - Italy

• Bilateral renal infarctions and lower limbs artery thrombosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
  

  C.-H. Chuang¹, C.-T. Lee², Y.-F. Cheng¹, T.-L. Huang³, K.-H. Hung¹, J.-B. Chen²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - T
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital - Taiwan
  (3) Department of Radiology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan

• History of home hemodialysis
  

  S. Shaldon¹

  (1) no affiliation

• Galenos "De Pulsis et urinis" from the Casinensis Codex 97
  

  L. Iorio¹, F. Avagliano¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, "G. De Bosis" Hospital and Montecassino Archive Library, Cassin

• Kidney and urinary therapeutics in early medieval monastic medicine
  

  J.M. Riddle¹

  (1) North Carolina State University - USA

• Pietro Anzolino da Eboli and the thermal therapy of renal pathologies
  

  A. Mezzogiorno¹, A. Armone Caruso², L. Iorio³, M. Papa¹, V. Esposito¹

  (1) Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Human Anatomy, II University of Naples
  (2) Cultural Association for the History of Medicine in the Campania Region
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, "G. De Bosis" Hospital and Montecassino Archive Library, Cassin

• Monastic Nephrology in the School of Salerno and in an unpublished treatise in middlelatin and Italian volgare of the m
  

  M. Oldoni¹

  (1) School for Archivists and Librarians, La Sapienza University, Rome - Italy

• Licorice from antiquity to the end of the 19th century: Applications in medical therapy
  

  C. Fiore¹, L.A. Calo'², E. Ragazzi³, J. Bielenberg¹, D. Armanini¹

  (1) Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua - Italy
  (2) Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua - Italy
  (3) Department of Pharmacology, University of Padua - Italy

• The diuretic use of Scilla from Dioscorides to the end of the 18th century
  

  G. Aliotta¹, N.G. De Santo², A. Pollio³, J. Sepe⁴, A. Touwaide⁵

  (1) Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (3) University of Naples Federico II, Naples - Italy
  (4) University of Maryland, University College, European Division - USA
  (5) Washington Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC - USA