Vol. 4 — July-August 2009
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Chronic kidney disease certification process
manual by the Italian Society of Nephrology
(SIN): Part I: clinical care de
Giuseppe Quintaliani1, Gianni Cappelli2, Laura Lodetti3, Corrado Manno4, Virgilio Petrucci5, Cosimo Spinelli6, Renzo Tarchini7, Michele Virgilio8, Mario Faini3, Sandro Alloatti9, Giovanni Cancarini10, Carmine Zoccali11
(1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Perugia Hospital,Perugia - Italy
(2) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Modena - Italy
(3) PROGEA, Milano - Italia
(4) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Bari - Italy
(5) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ascoli Piceno Hospital,Ascoli Piceno - Italy
(6) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Nephrology andDialysis Unit, S.Spirito Hospital, Rome - Italy
(7) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Mantova Hospital,Mantova - Italy
(8) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Molfetta Hospital,Molfetta - Italy
(9) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Aosta Hospital,Aosta - Italy
(10) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Brescia, Brescia - Italy
(11) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Reggio Calabria Hospital,Reggio Calabria - Italy
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The “antibodyome”: or, how to find antibodies?
Nilufar Mohebbi1, Carsten A. Wagner2
(1) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for IntegrativeHuman Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich - Switzerl and Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich,Zurich - Switzerland
(2) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich - Switzerland
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The epigenetic conductor: a genomic
orchestrator in chronic kidney disease complications?
Tomas J. Ekström1, Peter Stenvinkel2
(1) Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KarolinskaUniversity Hospital at Solna, Stockholm - Sweden
(2) Division of Renal Medicine, Department of ClinicalScience, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
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Therapeutic targets in the podocyte: findings in anti-slit diaphragm antibody-induced nephropathy
Hiroshi Kawachi1, Gi Dong Han, Naoko Miyauchi1, Taeko Hashimoto1, Koichi Suzuki1, Fujio Shimizu2
(1) Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical andDental Sciences, Niigata - Japan
(2) Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata - Japan and Niigata Seiryo University, Niigata - Japan
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Antineoplastic effect of proliferation signal inhibitors: from biology to clinical application
Elisabetta Bertoni1, Maurizio Salvadori1
(1) Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence - Italy
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Endothelial progenitor cells: pathogenetic role and therapeutic perspectives
Alessandro Allegra1, Giuseppe Coppolino2, Davide Bolignano2, Maria Stella Giacobbe2, Andrea Alonci1, Arianna D’Angelo1, Giacomo , Bellomo1, Diana Teti3, Saverio Loddo3, Caterina Musolino1, Michele Buemi2
(1) Division of Hematology, University of Messina,Messina - Italy
(2) Department of Nephrology, University of Messina,Messina - Italy
(3) Department of Pathology and Experimental Microbiology,University of Messina, Messina - Italy
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Ultrasonographic alterations in Achilles
tendon in relation to parathormone in chronic hemodialysis patients
Elias Brountzos1, Konstantinos Syrgiannis1, Irene Panagiotou2, Kelekis Nikolaos1, Sofia Kalogeropoulou2, Alexia Balanika1, Chara Tzavara1, Dimitrios Vlahakos2
(1) Second Department of Radiology, Attikon UniversityHospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens -Greece
(2) Renal Division Unit, Second Department of InternalMedicine, Attikon University Hospital, Athens UniversityMedical School, Athens - Greece
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Podocyte foot process effacement in very
early phase of passive Heymann nephritis is not a prerequisite for proteinuria
Hitonari Nosaka,1, Yoshifuru Tamura1, Kenichiro Kojima1, Shunya Uchida1, Mitsumasa Nagase1
(1) Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University Schoolof Medicine, Tokyo - Japan
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Neutrophil degranulation in antineutrophil
cytoplasmic antibody-negative pauci-immune
crescentic glomerulonephritis
Fang Wang1,2,3,4,5,6, Min Chen1,2,3,7, Ming-Hui Zhao1,2,3,7
(1) Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking UniversityFirst Hospital
(2) Institute of Nephrology, Peking University
(3) Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health ofChina
(4) Beijing - China and Renal Division, Department of Medicine, The First Hospital
(5) Ningxia Medical College
(6) Ningxia - China
(7) Beijing - China
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Inappropriate drug dosage adjustments in patients with renal impairment
Nina Pinjuh Markota1, Ivica Markota2, Monika , Tomic2, Anka Zelenika2
(1) Department of Family Medicine, DZ Mostar, Mostar -Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2) Department of Internal Medicine, Mostar UniversityHospital Center, Mostar - Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding among
patients on hemodialysis
Slobodan M. Jankovic1, Sladjana Rakovic1, Aleksandra Aleksic1, Ivan Stevanovic1, Natasa Stefanovic-Stoimenov1, Marija Radosavljevic1, Marina Kostic1, Danka Tesic1, Bojana Petrovic1
(1) Medical Faculty, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia
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Body mass index, comorbid conditions and quality of life in hemodialysis patients
Maurizio Bossola1, Stefania Giungi1, Giovanna Luciani1, Luigi Tazza1
(1) Hemodialysis, Department of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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Th1 polarization and low-T3 syndrome are correlated with hyperleptinemia in hemodialysis patients
Mao-Lin Liu1, Zi-Yan Huang1, Xiao-Chun Zhong1, Su-Hang Liu1, Gang Xu1, Ting-Ying Jiang1, Wei-Wei Xi2, Wei-Qi Yan2
(1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University School of Medicine, Hangzhou - PR China
(2) Clinical Research Centre, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou - PR China
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Prevalence of ICD-9-CM codes
for chronic kidney disease in individuals
with cardiovascular disease risk factors
Ashish Mahajan1, Jiejing Qiu1, Paul C. Stark2, Rebecca Persson1, Christina Kwack1, Andrew S. Levey1, Lesley A. Stevens1
(1) Tufts Medical Center Scientific and Clinical Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
(2) Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
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Obliteration Index: a simple non-invasive tool for the assessment of peripheral vascular
disease in chronic kidney dise
Rita Šaková1, Sylvie Dusilová-Sulková2, František Lopot1, Vladimír Polakovic1
(1) Department of Medicine, General University Hospital, Prague - Czech Republic
(2) Department of Gerontology and Metabolism, Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching, Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic
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Thiazide diuretics do not protect against changes that accompany renal aging
Felipe Inserra1, Marcelo Userpater2, Marcelo Ferder2, Daniel Hoffman2, Leon Ferder2
(1) Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Prof. Dr. Alberto C. Taquini School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina and Fresenius Medical Care Argentina, Buenos Aires - Argentina
(2) Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Prof. Dr. Alberto C. Taquini School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Volatility of elevated serum ferritin in anemic hemodialysis patients
David J. Hobbs1, Allan B. Schwartz1, Ed Gracely2, Toros Kapoian3, Adel R. Rizkala4, for the DRIVE Study Group
(1) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA
(2) Department of Family, Community, and Preventative Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA
(3) Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey - USA
(4) Watson Laboratories Inc., Morristown, New Jersey - USA
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Membranous nephropathy and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated
with rituximab
Sarat Kuppachi1, Praveen Chander2, Jinil Yoo3
(1) Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC - USA
(2) Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York - USA
(3) Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York - USA
Giuseppe Quintaliani1, Gianni Cappelli2, Laura Lodetti3, Corrado Manno4, Virgilio Petrucci5, Cosimo Spinelli6, Renzo Tarchini7, Michele Virgilio8, Mario Faini3, Sandro Alloatti9, Giovanni Cancarini10, Carmine Zoccali11
(1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Perugia Hospital,Perugia - Italy
(2) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Modena - Italy
(3) PROGEA, Milano - Italia
(4) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Bari - Italy
(5) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ascoli Piceno Hospital,Ascoli Piceno - Italy
(6) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Nephrology andDialysis Unit, S.Spirito Hospital, Rome - Italy
(7) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Mantova Hospital,Mantova - Italy
(8) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Molfetta Hospital,Molfetta - Italy
(9) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Aosta Hospital,Aosta - Italy
(10) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Policlinicof Brescia, Brescia - Italy
(11) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Reggio Calabria Hospital,Reggio Calabria - Italy
Nilufar Mohebbi1, Carsten A. Wagner2
(1) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for IntegrativeHuman Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich - Switzerl and Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich,Zurich - Switzerland
(2) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich - Switzerland
Tomas J. Ekström1, Peter Stenvinkel2
(1) Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KarolinskaUniversity Hospital at Solna, Stockholm - Sweden
(2) Division of Renal Medicine, Department of ClinicalScience, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
Hiroshi Kawachi1, Gi Dong Han, Naoko Miyauchi1, Taeko Hashimoto1, Koichi Suzuki1, Fujio Shimizu2
(1) Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical andDental Sciences, Niigata - Japan
(2) Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata - Japan and Niigata Seiryo University, Niigata - Japan
Elisabetta Bertoni1, Maurizio Salvadori1
(1) Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence - Italy
Alessandro Allegra1, Giuseppe Coppolino2, Davide Bolignano2, Maria Stella Giacobbe2, Andrea Alonci1, Arianna D’Angelo1, Giacomo , Bellomo1, Diana Teti3, Saverio Loddo3, Caterina Musolino1, Michele Buemi2
(1) Division of Hematology, University of Messina,Messina - Italy
(2) Department of Nephrology, University of Messina,Messina - Italy
(3) Department of Pathology and Experimental Microbiology,University of Messina, Messina - Italy
Elias Brountzos1, Konstantinos Syrgiannis1, Irene Panagiotou2, Kelekis Nikolaos1, Sofia Kalogeropoulou2, Alexia Balanika1, Chara Tzavara1, Dimitrios Vlahakos2
(1) Second Department of Radiology, Attikon UniversityHospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens -Greece
(2) Renal Division Unit, Second Department of InternalMedicine, Attikon University Hospital, Athens UniversityMedical School, Athens - Greece
Hitonari Nosaka,1, Yoshifuru Tamura1, Kenichiro Kojima1, Shunya Uchida1, Mitsumasa Nagase1
(1) Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University Schoolof Medicine, Tokyo - Japan
Fang Wang1,2,3,4,5,6, Min Chen1,2,3,7, Ming-Hui Zhao1,2,3,7
(1) Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking UniversityFirst Hospital
(2) Institute of Nephrology, Peking University
(3) Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health ofChina
(4) Beijing - China and Renal Division, Department of Medicine, The First Hospital
(5) Ningxia Medical College
(6) Ningxia - China
(7) Beijing - China
Nina Pinjuh Markota1, Ivica Markota2, Monika , Tomic2, Anka Zelenika2
(1) Department of Family Medicine, DZ Mostar, Mostar -Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2) Department of Internal Medicine, Mostar UniversityHospital Center, Mostar - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slobodan M. Jankovic1, Sladjana Rakovic1, Aleksandra Aleksic1, Ivan Stevanovic1, Natasa Stefanovic-Stoimenov1, Marija Radosavljevic1, Marina Kostic1, Danka Tesic1, Bojana Petrovic1
(1) Medical Faculty, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia
Maurizio Bossola1, Stefania Giungi1, Giovanna Luciani1, Luigi Tazza1
(1) Hemodialysis, Department of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Mao-Lin Liu1, Zi-Yan Huang1, Xiao-Chun Zhong1, Su-Hang Liu1, Gang Xu1, Ting-Ying Jiang1, Wei-Wei Xi2, Wei-Qi Yan2
(1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University School of Medicine, Hangzhou - PR China
(2) Clinical Research Centre, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou - PR China
Ashish Mahajan1, Jiejing Qiu1, Paul C. Stark2, Rebecca Persson1, Christina Kwack1, Andrew S. Levey1, Lesley A. Stevens1
(1) Tufts Medical Center Scientific and Clinical Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
(2) Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
Rita Šaková1, Sylvie Dusilová-Sulková2, František Lopot1, Vladimír Polakovic1
(1) Department of Medicine, General University Hospital, Prague - Czech Republic
(2) Department of Gerontology and Metabolism, Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching, Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic
Felipe Inserra1, Marcelo Userpater2, Marcelo Ferder2, Daniel Hoffman2, Leon Ferder2
(1) Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Prof. Dr. Alberto C. Taquini School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina and Fresenius Medical Care Argentina, Buenos Aires - Argentina
(2) Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Prof. Dr. Alberto C. Taquini School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina
David J. Hobbs1, Allan B. Schwartz1, Ed Gracely2, Toros Kapoian3, Adel R. Rizkala4, for the DRIVE Study Group
(1) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA
(2) Department of Family, Community, and Preventative Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA
(3) Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey - USA
(4) Watson Laboratories Inc., Morristown, New Jersey - USA
Sarat Kuppachi1, Praveen Chander2, Jinil Yoo3
(1) Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC - USA
(2) Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York - USA
(3) Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York - USA
