Vol. 3 — May-June 2004

• Why opening an Educational Corner in JN and starting with a histopathological atlas
  

  G. D'Amico¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan - Italy

• Histopathological atlas of renal diseases - IgA nephropathy
  

  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

• Enzyme replacement therapy in Fabrys disease: Recent advances and clinical applications
  

  R. Mignani¹, L. Cagnoli¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Infermi Hospital, Rimini - Italy

• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
  

  George M. Tadros¹, Charles A. Herzog²

  (1) Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA
  (2) Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

• Modulation of osteoblast activity by serum from diabetic and non-diabetic patients on hemodialysis: a three-dimensional
  

  S. Serrano¹, M. L. Marioso¹, M. Nacher², A. Torres³, X. Cuevas⁴, Josep Loreta¹, Assumpta Munn¹, A. Diez⁵

  (1) Department of Pathology, Mar Hospital, Autnoma University, Barcelona - Spain
  (2) Institute of Medical Investigation, Autnoma University, Barcelona - Spain
  (3) Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain
  (4) Department of Nephrology, Terrassa Hospital, Barcelona - Spain
  (5) Department of Medicine, Mar Hospital, Autnoma University, Barcelona - Spain

• Effect of ischemia and reperfusion on enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in rat kidney
  

  S. J. Khundmiri¹, M. Asghar¹, F. Khan², S. Salim¹, A. N. Yusufi¹

  (1) Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - India
  (2) Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Woolwich, London - UK

• Identification of NQO1 and GSTs genotype frequencies in Bulgarian patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy
  

  Draga I. Toncheva¹, Nicolas Von Ahsen², Srebrena Y. Atanasova¹, T. G. Dimitrov³, Victor W. Armstrong², Michael Oellerich²

  (1) Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University, Sofia - Bulgaria
  (2) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Georg August University, Gttingen - Germany
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Medical University, Sofia - Bulgaria

• Balkan endemic nephropathy and genetic variants of glutathione S-transferases
  

  I.E. Andonova¹, R. B. Sarueva¹, A. D. Horvath¹, V. A. Simeonov², Plamen S. Dimitrov³, E. A. Petropoulos⁴, V. S. Ganev¹

  (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia - Bulgaria
  (2) Department of Nephrology, District Hospital of Vratza - Bulgaria
  (3) National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition, Sofia - Bulgaria
  (4) Institute of International Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI - USA

• Effect of gender on various parameters of crush syndrome victims of the marmara earthquake
  

  M.S. Sever¹, E. Erek², Raymond Vanholder³, N. Lameire⁴

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul - Turkey
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul - Turkey
  (3) The Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Gent - Belgium
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium

• Plasma homocysteine levels and cardiovascular mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease
  

  G. Buccianti¹, I. Baragetti¹, F. Bamonti², S. Furiani¹, V. Dorighet¹, C. Patrosso³

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Bassini Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo,
  (2) Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Maggiore Hospital IRCCS, Milan - Italy
  (3) Clinical Chemistry and Hematology Laboratory, Hospital Niguarda C Granda, Milan - Italy

• The achievement of normal homocysteinemia in regular extracorporeal dialysis patients
  

  M. Gonella¹, G. Calabrese², A. Mengozzi³, A.G. Aleo³, G. Vagelli², A. Mazzotta², P. Deambrogio³

  (1) Renal Unit and Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, General Hospital, Casale Monferrato - Italy
  (2) U.O.A. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale "S. Spirito", Casale Monferrato
  (3) Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale "S. Spirito", Casale Monferrato, Alessandria

• Comparison between hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration in a long-term prospective cross-over study
  

  P. Altieri¹, G. Sorba², P. Bolasco³, I. Ledebo⁴, M. Ganadu⁵, R. Ferrara⁶, A. Menneas¹, E. Asproni⁷, D. Casu⁸, M. Passaghe⁹, G. Sau¹, F. Cadinu⁷

  (1) Dipartimento Patologia Renale, Azienda G. Brotzu, Ospedale San Michele, Cagliari
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, S. Annunziata Hospital, Sassari - Italy
  (3) Territorial Dialysis Service, Cagliari Hospital, Cagliari - Italy
  (4) Gambro Research, Lund - Sweden
  (5) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, A. Segni Hospital, Ozieri - Italy
  (6) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, SS. Trinit Hospital - Cagliari - Italy
  (7) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, S. Francesco Hospital, Nuoro - Italy
  (8) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Alghero Hospital, Alghero - Italy
  (9) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, P. Dettori Hospital, Tempio - Italy

• Intravenous iron supplementation in children on hemodialysis
  

  E. Leijn¹, L. A. H. Monnens¹, E. A. M. Cornelissen¹

  (1) Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen The Netherlands

• The value of low-dose intraperitoneal immunoglobulin administration in the treatment of peritoneal dialysis-related peri
  

  E. Coban¹, M. Ozdogan², M. Tuncer³, H. Bozcuk², F. Ersoy³

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya - Turkey
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antal
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya - Turkey

• Allograft rejection and glomerular basement membrane antibodies in Alports syndrome
  

  D. Charytan¹, A. Torre¹, Mona Khurana¹, A. Nicastri², I. E. Stillman³, R. Kalluri⁴

  (1) Center for Matrix Biology, Department of Medicine
  (2) Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - USA
  (3) Department of Pathology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY - USA
  (4) Division of Nephrology, Childrens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - USA

• Novel mutations of the AGXT gene causing primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  

  Y. Yuen¹, C. Lai¹, G.M. Tong², P. Wong², F.K. Wong³, S. Mak², K. Lo², A.K. Wong², S. Tong⁴, Y. Chan¹, C. Lam⁴

  (1) Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong - China
  (2) Department of Medicine, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong - China
  (3) Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong - China
  (4) Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hon

• Alkaptonuria and renal failure: A case report
  

  R. Kazancioglu¹, I. Taylan², F. Aksak², H. Durak³, B. Kumbasar², M. Yenigun², F. Sar²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul - Tur
  (2) Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul - Turkey
  (3) Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pathology, Istanbul - Turkey

• Emphysematous pyelonephritis due to aspergillus fumigatus - a case report
  

  M. Ahmad¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) - I

• Ascariasis as a cause of obstructive jaundice in a renal transplant patient
  

  P. Sunil¹, G. Tribhuvan¹, M. Anil¹

  (1) Nephrology Division, Northern Railway Central Hospital, New Delhi - India

• Charcoal: from antiquity to charcoal artificial kidney
  

  S. G. Marketos¹, G. Androutsos¹

  (1) Athens University Medical School and International Hippocratic Foundation of Kos - Greece

• Georg Ganter a pioneer of peritoneal dialysis and his tragic academic demise at the hand of the Nazi regime
  

  M. Teschner¹, A. Heidland², A. Klassen², K. Sebekova³, U. Bahner¹

  (1) Kuratorium for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Wrzburg - Germany
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wrzburg - Germany
  (3) Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava - Slovakia

• Emerich Ullmann (1861-1937): Not only a pioneer of kidney transplantation
  

  W. Druml¹, C. Druml¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, III Department of Medicine and Ethics Committee, Medical University of Vienn

• Women, pregnancy and serendipity: A personal story about the discovery of HLA
  

  J.J. Van Rood¹

  (1) Europdonor Foundation, Leiden - The Netherlands

• The History of Clinical Renal Transplant
  

  S. Stefoni¹, C. Campieri¹, G. Donati², V. Orlandi³

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Urology, University of Bologna - Italy
  (2) U.O. di Medicina Interna 2, Servizio Emodialisi, Azienda USL 5 Pisa, Presidio Ospedaliero di Pontede
  (3) Nephrology Dialysis and Renal Transplantation Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Applied Biot

• The first renal human transplant and the first xenotransplant in Italy
  

  C.U. Casciani¹, S. Cipriani¹

  (1) Clinica Chirurgica, Universit "Tor Vergata", Roma