Vol. 6 — November-December 2010

• New insights into the role of fibroblast growth factor 23 in chronic kidney disease
  

  Kentaro Nakai¹, Hirotaka Komaba^1,2, Masafumi Fukagawa^1,2

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe - Japan
  (2) and Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara - Japan

• Innate immunity and IgA nephropathy
  

  Rosanna Coppo¹, Alessandro Amore², Licia Peruzzi², Luca Vergano², Roberta Camilla²

  (1) Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Regina ?Margherita University Hospital, Turin - Italy
  (2) Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Regina Margherita University Hospital, Turin - Italy

• Peritoneal transport testing
  

  Vincenzo La Milia¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Department, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco - Italy

• Warfarin: to use or not to use in chronic kidney disease patients?
  

  Mario Cozzolino¹, Vincent Brandenburg²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, University of Milan, S. Paolo Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (2) Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen - Germany

• Phosphate binders, cardiovascular calcifications and mortality: do we need another survival study with sevelamer?
  

  Armando L. Negri¹

  (1) Metabolic Research Institute, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) following intra-arterial administration of iodinated contrast media
  

  Ronald P. Karlsberg¹, Suhail Y. Dohad¹, Rubin Sheng², Iodixanol Peripheral CTA Study Investigator Panel

  (1) Cardiovascular Research Institute of Southern California, Beverly Hills, California - USA
  (2) Clinical R and D, GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics, Princeton, New Jersey - USA

• Modeling the effect of 3 missense AGXT mutations on dimerization of the AGT enzyme in primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  

  Angela Robbiano¹, Vladimir Frecer², Jan Miertus³, Cristina Zadro⁴, Sheila Ulivi⁴, Elena Bevilacqua⁴, Giorgia Mandrile¹, Mario De Marchi¹, Stanislav Miertus⁵, Antonio Amoroso⁶

  (1) Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole, Orbassano - Italy
  (2) Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava - Slovakia
  (3) Molecular Pathology, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste - Italy
  (4) Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS Burlo Garofalo and Medical Genetics Unit, University of Trieste, Trieste - Italy
  (5) International Center for Science and High Technology UNIDO, Trieste - Italy
  (6) Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin - Italy

• Life expectancy, expected years of life lost and survival of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients
  

  Tze-Wah Kao¹, Jenq-Wen Huang², Kuan-Yu Hung², Yu-Yin Chang³, Pau-Chung Chen⁴, Chung-Jen Yen², Yung-Ming Chen², Tzong-Shinn Chu², Ming-Shiou Wu², Tun-Jun Tsai⁵, Kwan-Dun Wu², Jung-Der Wang⁶

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei - Taiwan, and Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei - Taiwan
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei - Taiwan
  (3) Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei - Taiwan
  (4) Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei - Taiwan, and Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei – Taiwan
  (5) Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei – Taiwan
  (6) Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei - Taiwan, and Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei - Taiwan, and Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei – Taiwan

• A comparative study of 2 new phosphate binders (sevelamer and lanthanum carbonate) in routine clinical practice
  

  María Dolores Arenas¹, Pablo Rebollo², Tamara Malek¹, Analia Moledous¹, Teresa Gil¹, Fernando Álvarez-Ude³, Ana Morales¹, Eva Cotilla¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Alicante - Spain
  (2) BAP Health Outomes, Oviedo - Spain
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia - Spain

• Serum parathyroid hormone and phosphate influence the levels of circulating CD34+ cells in uremia
  

  Carlo Lomonte¹, Clorinda Derosa², Luigi Vernaglione³, Francesco Casucci¹, Nicola Losurdo¹, Pasquale Libutti¹, Annalisa Teutonico¹, Carlo Basile¹

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (2) Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (3) Nephrology Unit, Giannuzzi Hospital, Manduria, Taranto - Italy

• Starting together: a focus group for the organization of a CKD outpatient care unit
  

  Giorgina Barbara Piccoli¹, Valentina Consiglio¹, Maria Chiara Deagostini¹, Elisa Manente¹, Roberto Mario Scarpa²

  (1) Unit of Nephrology, San Luigi University Hospital, ?University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino - Italy
  (2) Chair of Urology, San Luigi University Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino - Italy

• Evaluation of visual evoked potentials in chronic renal failure patients with different treatment modalities
  

  Pinar Seymen¹, Umut Selamet², Erman Aytac³, Sinan Trabulus⁴, Hakki Oktay Seymen⁵

  (1) Ministry of Health, Department of Nephrology, Haydarpasa Numune Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul - Turkey
  (2) Ministry of Health, Haydarpasa Numune Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul - Turkey
  (3) Department of General Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul - Turkey
  (4) Ministry of Health, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul - Turkey
  (5) Department of Physiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul - Turkey

• CT angiography versus conventional digital angiography in preoperative assessment for Chinese living kidney donors
  

  Desmond Yat Hin Yap¹, Ferdinand Siu Kay Chu², Sai Man Chu³, Po Chor Tam³, Sidney Tam⁴, Tak Mao Chan¹, Kar Neng Lai¹, Sydney Chi Wai Tang¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - PR China
  (2) Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - PR China
  (3) Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - PR China
  (4) Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - PR China

• Severe reversible acute renal failure in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
  

  Tiziana Stellato¹, Anna Cappelleri¹, Marco Farina², Lucia Pisano³, Renzo Scanziani³, Mietta Meroni⁴, Giovanni Banfi⁵, Enrico Imbasciati⁶, Andrea Stella⁷

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza - Italy
  (2) Nephrology Unit, Lodi Hospital, Lodi - Italy
  (3) Nephrology Unit, Desio Hospital, Desio - Italy
  (4) Nephrology Unit, Vimercate Hospital, Vimercate - Italy
  (5) Division of Nephrology, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS Milano, Milan - Italy
  (6) Postgraduate School in Nephrology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan - Italy
  (7) Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza and Postgraduate School in Nephrology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan - Italy

• H1N1 infection and the kidney in critically ill patients
  

  Guillermo Rosa-Diez¹, Hernán Trimarchi², Gustavo Greloni³, Vicente Campolo-Girard², Sergio Giannasi⁴, Vanesa Pomeranz², Esteban San-Roman⁴, Fernando Lombi², Laura Barcan⁵, Mariano Forrester², Salomón Algranati³, Romina Iriarte²

  (1) Nephrology Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (2) Nephrology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (3) Nephrology Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires,Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (4) Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires,Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (5) Infectious Diseases Services, Hospital Italiano de BuenosAires, Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Urinary balantidiasis: diagnosis at a glance by urine sediment examination
  

  Alberto Maino¹, Giuseppe Garigali², Romualdo Grande³, Piergiorgio Messa², Giovanni B. Fogazzi²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Fondazione Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan - Italy
  (2) Department of Nephrology (Research Laboratory on Urine), IRCCS Fondazione Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan - Italy
  (3) Department of Microbiology, IRCCS Fondazione Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan - Italy

• A case of infectious endocarditis-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis with intracranial hemorrhage
  

  Eri Miyata¹, Masaru Nakayama¹, Kazushi Amano¹, Tadashi Hirano¹, Noriko Uesugi²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Kyushu Medical Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka - Japan
  (2) Division of Pathology and Clinical Research Institute,Department of Internal Medicine, National Kyushu Medical Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka - Japan

• Risk for chronic kidney disease in the general population Italian reports for World Kidney Days 2007-2009
  

  A. Galassi, Diego Brancaccio, Vittorio E. Andreucci