Vol. 6 — November-December 2007

• Giuseppe Remuzzi, John P. Peters Award
  

  Carmine Zoccali¹

  (1) CNR IBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Biomedicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopath

• Challenges for randomized controlled trials in nephrology: illustrations in vascular access science and care
  

  C.E. Lok¹, L.M. Moist²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - Canad
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

• Protocol of the Long-term Impact of RAS Inhibition on Cardiorenal Outcomes (LIRICO) randomized trial
  

  A. Maione¹, A. Nicolucci¹, J.C. Craig², G. Tognoni¹, A. Moschetta³, G. Palasciano⁴, G. Pugliese⁵, D.A. Procaccini⁶, Loreto Gesualdo⁷, F. Pellegrini¹, G.F.M. Strippoli¹, On behalf of the MASTERPLAN Study Group

  (1) Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, Ch
  (2) Centre for Kidney Research, NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Renal Medicine, School
  (3) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari and Department of Translational Pharmacolo
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari - Italy
  (5) Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group, Societ Italiana di Diabetologia,
  (6) Department of Nephrology, Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia - Italy
  (7) Department of Nephrology, University of Foggia, Foggia - Italy

• The native arteriovenous fistula in 2007. Surveillance and monitoring
  

  A. Besarab¹, A. Asif², P. Roy-Chaudhury³, L.M. Spergel⁴, Pietro Ravani⁵

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan - USA
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miam
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio - USA
  (4) Dialysis Management Medical Group, San Francisco, California - USA
  (5) Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada a

• The native arteriovenous fistula in 2007. Research needs
  

  A. Besarab¹, Pietro Ravani², L.M. Spergel³, P. Roy-Chaudhury⁴, A. Asif⁵

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan - USA
  (2) Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada a
  (3) Dialysis Management Medical Group, San Francisco, California - USA
  (4) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio - USA
  (5) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miam

• Sevelamer treatment strategy in peritoneal dialysis patients: conventional dose does not make best use of resources
  

  K.M. Chow¹, C.C. Szeto¹, B.C.-H. Kwan¹, C.B. Leung¹, P.K.-T. Li¹

  (1) Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Ko

• Urinary excretion of low molecular weight proteins in patients with pure monoclonal light chain proteinuria
  

  L. Madalena¹, M.L. Facio¹, M. Angerosa¹, M. Pandolfo¹, P. Bresciani¹, M. Alejandre¹, M. Pizzolato¹, J.E. Toblli²

  (1) Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Hospital de Clinicas Jose
  (2) Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Mass spectrometry analysis of IgA1 hinge region in patients with IgA nephropathy
  

  D. Gastaldi¹, L. Paradisi², C. Baiocchi¹, C. Medana¹, G. Lo Duca², L.M. Sena², D. Roccatello²

  (1) Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Turin, Turin - Italy
  (2) Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology - Division of Clinical Pathology, University of Tur

• A Mediterranean age-comorbidity prognostic index for survival in dialysis populations
  

  M. Fernandez Lucas¹, J.L. Teruel¹, J. Zamora², M. Lopez Mateos¹, M. Rivera¹, J. Ortuno¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Unit of Biostatistics, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain

• Cost-effectiveness of losartan in diabetic nephropathy: a Greek perspective
  

  P.C. Stafylas¹, P.A. Sarafidis¹, A.N. Lasaridis¹, E. Tsakni², D.A. Niakas³, N.V. Dombros¹, D.M. Grekas¹, G.L. Bakris⁴

  (1) First Department of Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (2) Organ Transplantation Unit, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (3) Faculty of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patra - Greece
  (4) Hypertension/Clinical Research Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois - USA

• Fabry disease: renal biopsy-proven cases from China
  

  S.-H. Zhang¹, Z.-H. Liu¹, C.-H. Zeng¹, S.-J. Li¹, H.-P. Chen¹, J. Su¹, L.-S. Li¹

  (1) Research Institute of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing -

• Evaluation of serum anion gap in patients with HIV
  

  Z. Al-Aly¹, H. Valdez², A. Moiz³, B. Bastani³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Divi
  (2) Division of Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio - USA
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri - USA

• Quality of life and its correlates in ambulatory hemodialysis patients
  

  R.-L. Hsieh¹, W.-C. Lee², H.-Y. Huang², C.-H. Chang³

  (1) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, and Taipei
  (2) Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei - T
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipe

• Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: report of 4 cases
  

  R.A. Sinico¹, L. Di Toma¹, E. Sabadini¹, P. Renoldi¹, M. Li Vecchi²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Immunology and Blood Purification, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan - It
  (2) Chair of Nephrology, University of Palermo, Palermo - Italy

• "Full house" proliferative glomerulonephritis: an unreported presentation of subacute infective endocarditis
  

  L.-C. Lee¹, K.-K. Lam¹, C.-T. Lee¹, J.-B. Chen¹, T.-H. Tsai², S.-C. Huang³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medi
  (2) Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medi
  (3) Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung Universit