Vol. 4 — July-August 2004

• Histopathological atlas of renal diseases. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  

  F. Ferrario¹, M.P. Rastaldi²

  (1) Renal Immunopathology Center, S. Carlo Borromeo Hospital and "Nuova Nefrologia" Research Association
  (2) Renal Immunopathology Laboratory, Fondazione D'Amico per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Renali, Milan - I

• Intravenous iron therapy in renal failure: Friend and foe?
  

  B. Afzali¹, D.J.A. Goldsmith²

  (1) Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London - UK
  (2) Adult Renal Unit, Pediatric Nephrology, Guys Hospital, London - United Kingdom

• Prevention of progressive fibrosis in chronic renal diseases: Antifibrotic agents
  

  A. L. Negri¹

  (1) Physiology and Biophysics Department, University of Salvador, Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Staphylococcus aureus antigens induce IgA-type glomerulonephritis in Balb/c mice
  

  S. Sharmin¹, Y. Shimizu¹, A. Hagiwara¹, Kouichi Hirayama¹, A. Koyama¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City

• Endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress in chronic renal failure
  

  L. Ghiadoni¹, A. Cupisti¹, Y. Huang¹, P. Mattei², H. Cardinal¹, S. Favilla¹, P. Rindi², G.. Barsotti¹, S. Taddei¹, A. Salvetti¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (2) Nephrology Unit, Pisa Hospital, Pisa - Italy

• Low-contrast medium doses for ultrasound imaging during renal revascularization by PTA-stenting
  

  R. Cianci¹, R. Lavini¹, C. Letizia², A. Zaccaria³, P. Manfredini¹, F. Cerroni¹, G. Ciano¹, G. Clemenzia¹, Giorgio Coen⁴

  (1) School of Nephrology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome - Italy
  (2) Department of Clinical Science, Day Hospital of Internal Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza",
  (3) Vascular Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome - Italy
  (4) St. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome - Italy

• Varying intervals of subcutaneous epoetin alfa in hemodialysis patients
  

  S. Beshara¹, P. Barany², A. Gutierrez², B. Wikstrm³

  (1) On behalf of the Swedish Investigators Group - Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital
  (2) On behalf of the Swedish Investigators Group - Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sc
  (3) On behalf of the Swedish Investigators Group - 3Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Section, Univ

• Quality of life of patients with chronic renal allograft rejection and anemia
  

  P. Rebollo¹, J.M. Baltar², J.M. Campistol³, T. Ortega², F. Ortega²

  (1) Health Outcomes Research Unit, Nephrology Unit-1, Central University Hospital of Asturias and Instit
  (2) Health Outcomes Research Unit, Nephrology Unit-1, University Hospital of Asturias and Institute "Rei
  (3) Nephrology Unit, Clinical Hospital, Barcelona - Spain

• Effects of intravenous ascorbic acid on erythropoiesis and quality of life in unselected hemodialysis patients
  

  Y. Taji¹, T. Morimoto², K. Okada¹, S. Fukuhara², T. Fukui³, T. Kuwahara¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka - Japan
  (2) Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto
  (3) Department of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University Hospital and Graduate Sch

• Perceived health-related quality of life and comorbidity in diabetic patients starting dialysis (CALVIDIA study)
  

  A. Martinez-Castelao¹, J.L. Grriz¹, F. Garcia-Lopez¹, K. Lopez-Revuelta¹, F. De Alvaro¹, J.M. Cruzado¹

  (1) On behalf of the Spanish CALVIDIA Study Group - Department of Nephrology, Bellvitge Hospital, Univer

• Maintenance dialysis in patients from developing countries: The experience of an Italian center
  

  G.B. Fogazzi¹, C. Castelnovo¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Maggiore Hospital, IRCCS, Milan - Italy

• Comparison of glucose pump test and urea test in measuring blood access flow
  

  S. Alloatti¹, A. Magnasco², G. Bonfant¹, V. Pellu¹, V. Paroli³

  (1) U.O. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Regionale, Aosta - Italy
  (2) U.O. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale di La Spezia - Italia
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit of Aosta - Italy

• Solitary liver mass causing diagnostic dilemma in a case of lupus nephritis
  

  M. Misra¹, B.W. Kuvshinoff¹, J. Wooldridge¹, A. Diaz Arias¹, R. Misra¹, K. Rider¹

  (1) Departments of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Surgery, Hematology-Oncology and Pathology, Universit

• Post-infectious acute renal failure due to calciphylaxis - when processes go the wrong way round
  

  J. Almirall¹, A. Pobo¹, J. Luelmo², L. Berna³

  (1) Service of Nephrology, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taul, Sabadell, Barcelona - Spain
  (2) Service of Dermatology, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taul, Sabadell, Barcelona - Spain
  (3) Service UDIAT, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taul, Sabadell, Barcelona - Spain

• Pantoprazole-induced acute interstitial nephritis
  

  I. Moore¹, J.A. Sayer², A. Nayar³, S. Ahmed¹, J.S. Tapson¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - United Kingdom
  (2) School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne - United Kingdom
  (3) Department of Histopathology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne - United Kingdom

• Arabic urology in Byzantium
  

  A. Touwaide¹

  (1) Washington Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC - USA

• Illustrious personalities of ancient and Byzantine Greece with renal problems
  

  A. Diamandopoulos¹, A. Skarpelos¹

  (1) Renal Department, Saint Andrews Regional Hospital, Patras - Greece

• The physiognomists kidney in the fifteenth century
  

  J. Ziegler¹

  (1) Department of General History, University of Haifa, Haifa - Israel

• Ancient medicine: The patients perspective
  

  M.J. Geller¹

  (1) Department of Hebrew, University College London, London - UK

• Patient vs. disease in medicine: Historical perspectives and contemporary concerns
  

  D. von Engelhardt¹

  (1) Institute of Medicine and History of Science, Lbeck - Germany

• Therapy of kidney diseases in poor people in France during the 18th century
  

  G. Bellinghieri¹, D. Santoro¹, M. Bucca¹, V. Savica¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, University of Messina, Messina - Italy

• Marcello Malpighi and his academic opponents in Bologna
  

  C. Campieri¹, E. Persici¹, S. Stefoni¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Urology, University of Bologna - Italy

• Triage: Napoleon to the present day
  

  C.R. Blagg¹

  (1) University of Washington, Northwest Kidney Centers, Seattle, Washington - USA

• Evamaria Kinne-Saffran (1941-2002)
  

  K. Hierholzer¹

  (1) Department of Clinical Physiology, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin - Germany