Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 5 - Number: 46 - May 15, 2007

Outstanding

Measurement of microalbuminuria – what the nephrologist should know

Nephrotic syndrome in African children: lack of evidence for ‘tropical nephrotic syndrome’?

Peritoneal fast transport in incident peritoneal dialysis patients is not consistently associated with systemic inflammation

Time trends in the epidemiology of renal transplant patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus over the last four decades

Cases Reports

Systemic lupus erythematosus, eosinophilic vasculitis and acalculous cholecystitis

Thoracic kidney and contralateral ureteral duplication—a case report and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Nephrotic syndrome in African children: lack of evidence for ‘tropical nephrotic syndrome’?

Practice patterns in the management of acute renal failure in the critically ill patient: an international survey

The safety of gadolinium in patients with stage 3 and 4 renal failure

Ultrasonographic measurement of intima-media thickness of radial artery in pre-dialysis uraemic patients: comparison with histological examination

Vascular calcification and cardiovascular function in chronic kidney disease

Editorial Commentary

Measurement of microalbuminuria – what the nephrologist should know

Experimental nephrology

In mice, proteinuria and renal inflammatory responses to albumin overload are strain-dependent

Inhibition of mTOR with sirolimus slows disease progression in Han:SPRD rats with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Kallikrein/kinin protects against gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity by inhibition of inflammation and apoptosis

Sevelamer hydrochloride reverses parathyroid gland enlargement via regression of cell hypertrophy but not apoptosis in rats with chronic renal insufficiency

Severe hyperparathyroidism with bone abnormalities and metastatic calcification in rats with adenine-induced uraemia

The vitamin D prodrugs 1(OH)D2, 1(OH)D3 and BCI-210 suppress PTH secretion by bovine parathyroid cells

Urinary marker for oxidative stress in kidneys in cisplatin-induced acute renal failure in rats

Images in nephrology

Pulmonary cavernae in Wegener\'s granulomatosis

Nephroquiz:

Recurrent paroxysms of metabolic acidosis in a haemodialysis patient

Original articles: dialysis and transplantation

Long-term survivorship analysis of cemented total hip replacement (THR) after avascular necrosis of the femoral head in renal transplant recipients

Peritoneal fast transport in incident peritoneal dialysis patients is not consistently associated with systemic inflammation

The role of micro-inflammation in the pathogenesis of uraemic pruritus in haemodialysis patients

Time trends in the epidemiology of renal transplant patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus over the last four decades

Special Features

World Kidney Day: an idea whose time has come

Teaching Points

Sudden onset of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a long standing chronic haemodialysis patient with lung calcification