Vol. 1 — January-February 2004

• Report from the Editorial Office: 1999-2003
  

  G. D'Amico¹, Carmine Zoccali², G. Colasanti³, F. Vendemia¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (2) CNR-IBIM e UO di Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto Renale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Reggio Calabria
  (3) U.O. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo di Milano

• Management of calcium refilling post-parathyroidectomy in end-stage renal disease
  

  M. Cozzolino¹, M. Gallieni², C. Corsi³, A. Bastagli⁴, D. Brancaccio²

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (2) Renal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Milano - Italy
  (3) First Department of Surgery, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan - Italy
  (4) Endocrine Surgery Unit, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan - Italy

• New immunosuppressive strategies in renal transplant recipients
  

  M. Fischereder¹, M. Kretzler²

  (1) Medical Policlinic Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich - Germany
  (2) Nephrology Center, Medizinische Poliklinik Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich - Germa

• Vascular access for hemodialysis: The impact on morbidity and mortality
  

  Biagio Di Iorio¹, V. Bellizzi², N. Cillo³, M. Cirillo⁴, F. Avella⁵, Vittorio E. Andreucci⁶, N.G. De Santo⁴

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, "A. Landolfi" Hospital, Solofra - Italy and Chair of Nephrology, 2nd
  (2) Nephrology and Dialysis Units, "A. Landolfi" Hospital of Solofra, Avellino, - Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Civile, Ariano Irpino - Italy
  (4) Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (5) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, "S. Maria della Piet" Hospital of Nola, Naples - Italy
  (6) Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University "Federico II" Naples, Naples - Italy

• Death-associated protein kinase localization to human renal tubule cells, and increased expression of chronic obstructiv
  

  K. Yukawa¹, N. Shirasawa², A. Ohshima³, M. Mune⁴, A. Kimura⁵, T. Bai⁶, Y. Tsubota³, K. Owada-Makabe⁷, T. Tanaka⁶, M. Kishino⁴, Y. Tsuruo⁸, N. Umesaki⁶, M. Maeda¹

  (1) Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan
  (2) Department of Anatomy and Structural Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata - Jap
  (3) Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan,
  (4) Third Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan
  (5) Department of Legal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan
  (6) Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan
  (7) Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan,
  (8) Department of Anatomy, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama - Japan

• Sodium dicarboxylate cotransporter-1 expression in renal tissues and its role in rat experimental nephrolithiasis
  

  Y. He¹, Xiangmei Chen¹, Z. Yu¹, D. Wu¹, Y. Lv¹, S. Shi¹, H. Zhu¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Kidney Center and Key Lab of PLA, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing - China

• Extracorporeal management of valproic acid overdose: A large regional experience
  

  S.M. Singh¹, B.B. McCormick¹, S. Mustata¹, M. Thompson², G.V. Ramesh Prasad¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto - Canada
  (2) Poison Information Center, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto - Canada

• Acute spontaneous tumor lysis presenting with hyperuricemic acute renal failure: Clinical features and therapeutic appro
  

  H.-H. Hsu¹, Y.-L. Chan², C-C. Huang¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan - Taiwan
  (2) Department of Primary Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan - Taiwan

• Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (3-D CE-MRA) in the evaluation of hemodialysis access
  

  Y. Paksoy¹, N. Gormus², M.A. Tercan³

  (1) Ultra Grntleme Merkezi (Private Imaging Center), Konya - Turkey
  (2) Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Meram Medical School of Seluk University, Konya - Turkey
  (3) SSK Hospital, Konya - Turkey

• The Diamant Alpin Dialysis cohort study: clinico-biological characteristics and cardiovascular genetic risk profile of i
  

  G. Pernod¹, J-L. Bosson¹, D. Golshayan², C. Barro¹, S. Alloatti³, C. Turc-Baron⁴, F. Quarello⁵, A. Jeantet⁶, B. Von Albertini⁷, M. Fort⁸, G. Laurent⁹, D. Cordonnier¹, G. Piccoli⁶, J-P. Wauters²

  (1) CHU Grenoble - France
  (2) CHUV Lausanne - Switzerland
  (3) U.O. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Regionale, Aosta - Italy
  (4) Annecy Central Hospital, Annecy - France
  (5) Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino
  (6) Chair of Nephrology, University of Turin - Italy
  (7) Cecil Clinic, Lausanne - Switzerland
  (8) AGDUC, Grenoble-la Tronche - France
  (9) Tassin Center for Dialysis, Tassin - France

• Home hemodialysis la carte: A tailormade program (1998-2003)
  

  G.B. Piccoli¹, F. Bermond², E. Mezza¹, G. Soragna¹, M. Burdese¹, A. Jeantet¹, G.P. Segoloni¹, G. Piccoli¹

  (1) Chair of Nephrology, University of Turin - Italy
  (2) S.C. di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto Rene, Ospedale 'Regina Margherita', Torino - Italy

• Effects of 12 months of recombinant growth hormone therapy on parameters of bone metabolism and bone mineral density in
  

  H. Kotzmann¹, M. Riedl¹, P. Pietschmann², A. Schmidt¹, E. Schuster³, S. Kreuzer⁴, F. Kainberger⁴, H. Frisch⁵, G. Geyer¹, W.H. Hrl¹, G. Mayer¹, A. Luger¹

  (1) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine III, Ludwig
  (2) Department of Pathophysiology, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, University
  (3) Department of Medical Computer Sciences, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Endocrinology,
  (4) Department of Radiology, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, University of Vi
  (5) Department of Pediatrics, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, University of V

• High doses of intravenous calcitriol in the treatment of severe secondary hyperparathyroidism
  

  M. Morosetti¹, L. Jankovic², F. Cetani³, R. Cordisco⁴, L. Fortunato⁴, A. Friggi⁴, D. Frattarelli⁴, G. Palombo⁴, G. Pisani⁴, M. Rosa⁴, M. Zazzaro⁴

  (1) Divisione Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale di Ostia, Ostia - Italy
  (2) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Service, Hospital "G.B. Grassi" Ostia - Italy
  (3) Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (4) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, GB Grassi Hospital, ASL RMD Ostia-Rome - Italy

• Loss of captopril-bound Fe by end-stage renal failure patients during hemodialysis
  

  Z. Averbukh¹, S. Berman¹, E. Kishinevsky¹, L. Feldman¹, M. Cohn¹, M. Ropoport², E. Galperin¹, V. Dishi¹, J. Weissgarten¹

  (1) Nephrology Division, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of
  (2) Nephrology Division and Department of Internal Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Isra

• The relationship between reticulocyte hemoglobin content with C-reactive protein and conventional iron parameters in dia
  

  C.M. Hackeng¹, Charles Beerenhout², M. Hermans³, P.H.m. Van Der Kuy⁴, H. Van Der Dussen⁵, M. Van Dieijen-Visser¹, K. Hamulyak⁵, K.M. Leunissen², J.P Kooman²

  (1) Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Maastricht - The Netherlands
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht - The Netherlands
  (3) Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht - The Netherlands
  (4) Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, University Hospital Maastricht - The Netherlands
  (5) Department of Hematology, University Hospital Maastricht - The Netherlands

• Type 2 diabetes in patients with end-stage renal disease is not associated with further increased serum inflammatory par
  

  Authors and affiliations available only after publication¹, G. Bodlaj², J. Berg³, R. Pichler⁴, T. Sailer⁵, G. Biesenbach²

  (1) Article of forthcoming publication
  (2) Second Department of Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Linz Austria
  (3) Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Linz - Austria
  (4) Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, General Hospital Linz, Linz - Austria
  (5) First Department of Medicine, General Hospital Vienna, Vienna - Austria

• Inflammation and coronary calcification in renal Patients - Factors that may explain increased cardiovascular risk, and
  

  O. Dadzie¹, N.M. Hujari¹, C. Bucknall², S. Redwood², M. Rubens³, D.J. Goldsmith⁴

  (1) Departments of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London - UK
  (2) Department of Cardiology, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London - UK
  (3) Imatron CT Imaging Centre, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK
  (4) Nephrology and Transplantation, Guys Hospital, London - UK

• Secondary IgA nephropathy presenting as nephrotic syndrome with glomerular crescentic changes and acute renal failure in
  

  N. Singri¹, B. Gleason¹, S.L. Flamm¹, Y.S. Kanwar¹, C. Ghossein¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Feimberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chica

• Post-reperfusion rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in post-transplant IgA nephropathy
  

  D. Tovbin¹, A. Shnaider¹, L. Kacho², A. Basok¹, M. Vorobiov¹, B. Rogachev¹, D. Abramov³, M. Zlotnik¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Cente
  (2) Department of Pathology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Center
  (3) Department of Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Center f

• Recurrent membranous nephropathy and leiomyosarcoma in the renal allograft of a lupus patient
  

  A. Ashfaq¹, J.E. Haller², R. Mossey¹, A. Bellucci¹, I. Miller¹, S. Latcha¹, M. Susin³

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, North Shore University Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, Ma
  (2) Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York
  (3) Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, Manhasset, New Yor

• Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) Clinical, morphological, and genetic features
  

  R. Gusmano¹, G. Mazzucco², G. Monga³, G.M. Ghiggeri¹

  (1) Department of Pediatric Nephrology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa - Italy
  (2) Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Turin - Italy
  (3) Department of Pathology, University of Novara - Italy

• Homer W. Smiths contribution to renal physiology
  

  G. Giebisch¹

  (1) Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn

• The development of the clearance concept
  

  D.W. Seldin¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas

• Rokitansky and his first description of polyarteritis nodosa
  

  V. Tesar¹, M. Kazderova², L. Hlavackova³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, 1 st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles Universi
  (2) 1st Department of Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague -Czech Republic
  (3) Institute for the History of Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague -Czech Republ

• Jakub Penson and his studies on acute renal failure during typhus epidemics in Warsaw Ghetto
  

  B. Rutkowski¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine and Department of Clinical Nutrition

• History of fluid balance and kidney function in space
  

  C. Drummer¹, M. Cirillo², N.G. De Santo²

  (1) Clinical Pharmacology, University (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen - Germany
  (2) Chair of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy