Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 4 - Number: 31 - February 15, 2006

Outstanding

The short- and long-term impact of multi-disciplinary clinics in addition to standard nephrology care on patient outcomes

Duration of end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant outcome

Development and validation of an immunosuppressant therapy adherence barrier instrument

Coping with the CKD epidemic: the promise of multidisciplinary team-based care

Brief Reports

Peritoneal dialysis fluid-induced changes of the peritoneal membrane are reversible after peritoneal rest in rats

Sleep quality in renal transplant patients: a never investigated problem

Cases Reports

Acute vascular rejection mediated by HLA antibodies in a cadaveric kidney recipient: discrepancies between FlowPRATM, ELISA and CDC vs luminex screening

Severe cytomegalovirus ureteritis in a renal allograft recipient with negative CMV monitoring

Editorial commentaries

Imbalance of growth factor signalling in diabetic kidney disease: is connective tissue growth factor (CTGF, CCN2) the perfect intervention point?

Coping with the CKD epidemic: the promise of multidisciplinary team-based care

Nephrotoxicity of rapamycin: an emerging problem in clinical medicine

Editorial reviews

Homocysteine in uraemia—a puzzling and conflicting story

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation News

Expanding the donor pool to increase renal transplantation

Original Articles

The effects of a low-to-moderate intensity pre-conditioning exercise programme linked with exercise counselling for sedentary haemodialysis patients in The Netherlands: results of a randomized clinical trial

The short- and long-term impact of multi-disciplinary clinics in addition to standard nephrology care on patient outcomes

Factors associated with increased plasma homocysteine in patients using an amino acid peritoneal dialysis fluid

Duration of end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant outcome

Transplanting kidneys from CMV-seropositive donors to CMV-seronegative recipients is not associated with poorer renal allograft function or survival

Development and validation of an immunosuppressant therapy adherence barrier instrument

Special Feature:

Report from the Editorial Office

Haemodialysis with on-line monitoring equipment: tools or toys?

Teaching Points

Arterial hypertension and ovarian tumour in a girl: what is the link?