Vol. 5 — September-October 2003

• Transplantation of kidneys from HCV-positive donors: A safe strategy?
  

  F. Fabrizi¹, S. Bunnapradist², Giovanna Lunghi³, P. Martin⁴

  (1) Div. of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Maggiore Hospital, Policlinico IRCCS, Milano
  (2) Multi Organ Transplant Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, C
  (3) Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Maggiore Hospital, Policlinico IRCCS, Milano - Italy
  (4) Div. of Liver and Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of M

• Post-transplant diabetes mellitus
  

  M. Salvadori¹, Elisabetta Bertoni¹, A. Rosati¹, M. Zanazzi¹

  (1) Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence - Italy

• Myocardial texture characterization in uremics by ultrasonic videodensitometric analysis: A review
  

  P. Dattolo¹, E.M. Federghini², M.-A. Morales², M. Piacenti², Q. Maggiore¹, F. Pizzarelli¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, S M Annunziata Hospital, Florence - Italy
  (2) NRC Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa - Italy

• Possible involvement of TNF-a in left ventricular remodeling in hemodialysis patients
  

  M. Nishimura¹, T. Hashimoto², H. Kobayashi², T. Fukukda², K. Okino³, N. Yamamoto², N. Nakamura⁴, T. Yoshikawa⁴, H. Takahashi⁵, T. Ono²

  (1) Cardiovascular Division, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (2) Division of Urology, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (3) Division of Surgery, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (4) The First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto - Japan
  (5) Department of Clinical Sciences and Laboratory of Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka - Japan

• Increased placental expression of tissue factor is associated with abnormal uterine and umbilical Doppler waveforms in s
  

  S. Di Paolo¹, P. Volpe², G. Grandaliano¹, G. Stallone³, A. Schena³, P. Greco⁴, L. Resta⁵, L. Selvaggi⁴, R. Cincione⁶, F.P. Schena⁷, Loreto Gesualdo⁸

  (1) Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Section of Nephrology, University of Bari
  (2) Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital "Di Venere", Bari - Italy
  (3) Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, Division of Nephrology, University of Bari - Italy
  (4) 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari - Italy
  (5) Department of Pathology and Genetics, University of Bari - Italy
  (6) Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Nephrology, University of Foggia - Italy
  (7) Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari - Italy
  (8) Chair of Nephrology, University of Foggia - Italy

• The role of ultrasonography in the assessment of renal function in the elderly
  

  N. Van Den Noortgate¹, A. Velghe¹, M. Petrovic², C. Vandewiele³, N. Lameire⁴, D. Voet², M. Afschrift²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Renal Division, Ghent University Ho
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Ultrasonography, Rena
  (3) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium

• Assessment of tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) as a marker of renal function
  

  G. Tramonti¹, M. Federghini², C. Annichiarico², C. Donadio¹, M. Norpoth¹, E. Mantuano¹, C. Bianchi¹

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

• Adrenomedullin inhibits pressure-induced mesangial MCP-1 expression through activation of protein kinase A
  

  M. Iwamoto¹, A. Osajima¹, M. Tamura¹, T. Suda¹, T. Ota¹, K. Kanegae¹, Y. Watanabe¹, N. Kabashima¹, H. Anai¹, Y. Nakashima¹

  (1) The Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Envir

• Increased 5-lipoxygenase activating protein in immune-mediated experimental nephritis
  

  A. Montero¹, S. Uda², U. Kelavkar³, A. Yoshimura², K.F. Badr³, K.A. Munger⁴

  (1) Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine and VAMC, Atlanta, GA - USA
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University, Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama - Jap
  (3) Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut - Lebanon
  (4) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California San Diego and VAMC, San Diego, CA

• Duration of optimal therapy for idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
  

  S. Pokhariyal¹, S. Gulati¹, N. Prasad¹, R.K. Sharma¹, U. Singh², R.K. Gupta³, S. Mittal¹, B. Mehta³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - India
  (2) Department of Biostatistics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - In
  (3) Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - India

• Erythropoietin requirements: A comparative multicenter study between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis
  

  F. Coronel¹, J.A. Herrero¹, J. Montenegro², C. Fernandez¹, A. Gandara³, J. Conesa¹, M.T. Rivera⁴, J. Torrente¹, J. Portols⁵, J.R. Gomez-Martino⁶

  (1) Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Galdakao Hospital, Bilbao - Spain
  (3) Montecelo Hospital, Pontevedra - Spain
  (4) Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (5) Fundacin Alcorcon Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (6) Pedro de Alcantara Hospital, Caceres - Spain

• Comparative study of intravenous ascorbic acid versus low-dose desferroxamine in patients on hemodialysis with hyperferr
  

  J. Deira¹, J. Diego¹, R. Martinez², A. Oyarbide³, A. Gonzales¹, H. Diaz¹, J. Grande¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora - Spai
  (2) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuq
  (3) Seter Dialysis Center, Zamora - Spain

• Influence of sevelamer hydrochloride on serum concentration of whole (1-84) and N-terminally truncated (7-84) parathyroi
  

  J. Chudek¹, G. Piecha¹, F. Kokot¹, Andrzej Wiecek¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katow

• Calcitriol pulse therapy and histology of parathyroid glands in hemodialysis patients
  

  C. Lomonte¹, R. Martino², M. Selvaggiolo³, R.M. Bona², F. Cazzato¹, R. Milano⁴, G. Chiarulli¹, C. Basile⁵

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Miulli Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (2) Department of Pathology, Miulli Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (3) Department of Surgery, Miulli Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (4) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Miulli Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (5) Division of Nephrology, Hospital of Martina Franca, Taranto - Italy

• The protean face of renal sarcoid
  

  P. Carmichael¹, J.P. O'Donnell²

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent - England
  (2) Department of Histopathology, St. Thomass Hospital, Lambeth, London - England

• Bone morphogenic protein-4 expression in vascular lesions of calciphylaxis
  

  W. Griethe¹, R. Schmitt², J.S. Jurgensen³, S. Bach⁴, K.-U. Eckardt³, R. Schindler³

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty of the Ch
  (2) Institute of Anatomy, Franz-Volhard Clinical Research Center and Helios Klinikum, Medical Faculty of
  (3) Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Medical Faculty of the Charit, Humboldt Univers
  (4) Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty of the Charit, Humboldt University Berlin - Germany

• Hemolytic uremic syndrome after multivisceral transplantation treated with intravenous immunoglobulin
  

  D. Banerjee¹, W. Kupin¹, D. Roth¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, University of Miami, Miami, Florida - USA

• Rhodococcus equi peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  

  K.M. Chow¹, C.C. Szeto¹, V. C.-Y. Chow², T.Y.H. Wong³, P. K.-T. Li¹

  (1) Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  (2) Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong - China
  (3) Specialist in Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital

• 4th Congress of the International Association for the History of Nephrology
  

  N.G. De Santo¹, L. Iorio², S.G. Massry³, G. Eknoyan⁴

  (1) 1st Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) Cassino - Italy
  (3) Los Angeles, California - USA
  (4) Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX - USA

• Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738-1795) A forerunner of modern medical teaching
  

  N.G. De Santo¹, C. Bisaccia², L.S. De Santo³, M. Cirillo⁴, G. Richet⁵

  (1) 1st Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) Mazzini Institute, Naples - Italy
  (3) Chair of Heart Surgery, Second University of Naples
  (4) First Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (5) Acadmie de Mdecine, Paris - France

• P.J. Desault and the birth of nephrology (between 1785 and 1795)
  

  G. Richet¹, C. Bisaccia², N.G. De Santo³

  (1) Acadmie de Mdecine, Paris - France
  (2) Mazzini Institute, Naples - Italy
  (3) 1st Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy

• Forgotten nephrologists: Leonhard Thurneysser and Hermann Senator
  

  K. Hierholzer¹, J. Hierholzer²

  (1) Department of Clinical Physiology, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin - Germany
  (2) Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam - German

• Sir Robert Christison (1797-1882): A neglected founder of nephrology
  

  J.S. Cameron¹, J. Hicks¹

  (1) Guys Campus, GKT Medical School, Kings College, London - UK

• Charles Edward Isaacs (1811 1860): Exploring the details of nephron structure and function in the post-Bowman period
  

  L.G. Fine¹

  (1) Royal Free & University College Medical School, University College London, London - UK

• Francis Delafield (1841-1915): The original contributions of an American investigator to diseases of the kidney
  

  J.L. Campbell¹, G. Eknoyan¹

  (1) Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX - USA