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BMC Nephrology

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (281 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

High serum bicarbonate level within the normal range prevents the progression of chronic kidney disease in elderly chronic kidney disease patients

Eiichiro Kanda, Masumi Ai, Masayuki Yoshida, Renjiro Kuriyama, Tatsuo Shiigai

Open Access Research article

Chronic asymptomatic pyuria precedes overt urinary tract infection and deterioration of renal function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Jin Ho Hwang, Hayne Cho Park, Jong Cheol Jeong, Seon ha Baek, Mi Yeun Han, Kitae Bang, Jeong Yeon Cho, Suk Hee Yu, Jaeseok Yang, Kook-Hwan Oh, Young-Hwan Hwang, Curie Ahn

Open Access Case report

The coincidence of IgA nephropathy and Fabry disease

Dita Maixnerová, Vladimír Tesař, Romana Ryšavá, Jana Reiterová, Helena Poupětová, Lenka Dvořáková, Lubor Goláň, Michaela Neprašová, Jana Kidorová, Miroslav Merta, Eva Honsová

Open Access Research article

Mineral metabolism and outcomes in chronic kidney disease stage 2–4 patients

Kamonwan Chartsrisak, Kotcharat Vipattawat, Montira Assanatham, Arkom Nongnuch, Atiporn Ingsathit, Somnuek Domrongkitchaiporn, Vasant Sumethkul, Sinee Distha-Banchong

Open Access Research article

Prognostic utility of plasma S100A12 levels to establish a novel scoring system for predicting mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a two-year prospective observational study in Japan

Yayoi Shiotsu, Yasukiyo Mori, Masato Nishimura, Tsuguru Hatta, Naoki Imada, Noboru Maki, Kumiko Iida, Noriyuki Iwamoto, Eiko Matsuoka, Keiichi Tamagaki, Atsushi Kosaki

Open Access Research article

Thrombocytopenia is not mandatory to diagnose haemolytic and uremic syndrome

Marion Sallée, Khalil Ismail, Fadi Fakhouri, Henri Vacher-Coponat, Julie Moussi-Francés, Véronique Frémaux-Bacchi, Stéphane Burtey

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast growth factor 23 is associated with carotid artery calcification in chronic kidney disease patients not undergoing dialysis: a cross-sectional study

Masaru Nakayama, Yoshiki Kaizu, Masaharu Nagata, Yoriko Ura, Hirofumi Ikeda, Sho Shimamoto, Kazuyoshi Kuma

Open Access Research article

Calcification of coronary arteries and abdominal aorta in relation to traditional and novel risk factors of atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients

Przemysław Pencak, Beata Czerwieńska, Rafał Ficek, Katarzyna Wyskida, Agata Kujawa-Szewieczek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz, Andrzej Więcek, Jerzy Chudek

Open Access Research article

Serum galectin-9 levels are elevated in the patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Yuko Kurose, Jun Wada, Motoko Kanzaki, Sanae Teshigawara, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Kazutoshi Murakami, Kentaro Inoue, Takahiro Terami, Akihiro Katayama, Mayu Watanabe, Chigusa Higuchi, Jun Eguchi, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Hirofumi Makino

Open Access Research article

Social adaptability and substance abuse: Predictors of depression among hemodialysis patients?

Paulo Roberto Santos, Francisco Plácido Nogueira Arcanjo

Open Access Research article

Increased plasma sVCAM-1 is associated with severity in IgA nephropathy

Li Zhu, Sufang Shi, Lijun Liu, Jicheng Lv, Hong Zhang

Open Access Research article

Young aboriginals are less likely to receive a renal transplant: a Canadian national study

Steven Promislow, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Claudio Rigatto, Navdeep Tangri, Paul Komenda, Leroy Storsley, Karen Yeates, Julie Mojica, Manish M Sood

Open Access Case report

Rifampin-associated tubulointersititial nephritis and Fanconi syndrome presenting as hypokalemic paralysis

Hong Ki Min, Eun Oh Kim, Sang Ju Lee, Yoon Kyung Chang, Kwang Sun Suh, Chul Woo Yang, Suk Young Kim, Hyeon Seok Hwang

Open Access Research article

The risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients treated with hemodialysis: a population-based cohort study

Chien-Chun Kuo, Hsin-Wei Kuo, I-Ming Lee, Chien-Te Lee, Chun-Yuh Yang

Open Access Research article

Urine IL-18, NGAL, IL-8 and serum IL-8 are biomarkers of acute kidney injury following liver transplantation

Jeffrey C Sirota, Angela Walcher, Sarah Faubel, Alkesh Jani, Kim McFann, Prasad Devarajan, Connie L Davis, Charles L Edelstein

Open Access Research article

Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study

Nicole DePasquale, Patti L Ephraim, Jessica Ameling, Lapricia Lewis-Boyér, Deidra C Crews, Raquel C Greer, Hamid Rabb, Neil R Powe, Bernard G Jaar, Luis Gimenez, Priscilla Auguste, Mollie Jenckes, L Ebony Boulware

Open Access Research article

Association between family members of dialysis patients and chronic kidney disease: a multicenter study in China

Xianglei Kong, Li Liu, Li Zuo, Ping Yuan, Zhongxin Li, Wenge Li, Meishun Cai, Xiangmei Chen, Aili Jiang, Gang Long, Jinsheng Xu, Hongli Lin, Shixiang Wang, Wen Huang, Yiping Wang, Yidan Guo, Po Cao, Hua Wu, Qiang Jia, Luxia Zhang, Mei Wang, Haiyan Wang

Open Access Research article

Associations of epicardial fat with coronary calcification, insulin resistance, inflammation, and fibroblast growth factor-23 in stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease

Jasmine D Kerr, Rachel M Holden, Alexander R Morton, Robert L Nolan, Wilma M Hopman, Cynthia M Pruss, Jocelyn S Garland

Open Access Research article

Lanthanum carbonate for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in CKD 5D: multicenter, double blind, randomized, controlled trial in mainland China

Jing Xu, Yi-Xiang Zhang, Xue-Qing Yu, Zhi-Hong Liu, Li-Ning Wang, Jiang-Hua Chen, Ya-Ping Fan, Zhao-Hui Ni, Mei Wang, Fa-Huan Yuan, Guo-Hua Ding, Xiang-Mei Chen, Ai-Ping Zhang, Chang-Lin Mei

Open Access Research article

Gremlin induces cell proliferation and extra cellular matrix accumulation in mouse mesangial cells exposed to high glucose via the ERK1/2 pathway

Haixia Huang, Haiying Huang, Ying Li, Maodong Liu, Yonghong Shi, Yanqing Chi, Tao Zhang

Open Access Research article

Long-term risk of mortality for acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients: a cohort analysis

José António Lopes, Maria João Melo, Mário Raimundo, André Fragoso, Francisco Antunes

Open Access Research article

Prognostic factors of all-cause mortalities in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study

Phisitt Vejakama, Ammarin Thakkinstian, Atiporn Ingsathit, Prateep Dhanakijcharoen, John Attia

Open Access Research article

Combined effect of mitochondrial DNA 5178 C/A polymorphism and alcohol consumption on estimated glomerular filtration rate in male Japanese health check-up examinees: a cross-sectional study

Akatsuki Kokaze, Mamoru Ishikawa, Naomi Matsunaga, Kanae Karita, Masao Yoshida, Naoki Shimada, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Hiromi Hoshino, Yutaka Takashima

Open Access Research article

Intracellular calcium release modulates polycystin-2 trafficking

Ayako Miyakawa, Cristián Ibarra, Seth Malmersjö, Anita Aperia, Peter Wiklund, Per Uhlén

Open Access Research article

The relationship between preoperative creatinine clearance and outcomes for patients undergoing liver transplantation: a retrospective observational study

Urs Wenger, Thomas A Neff, Christian E Oberkofler, Manuel Zimmermann, Paul A Stehberger, Marcel Scherrer, Reto A Schuepbach, Silvia R Cottini, Peter Steiger, Markus Béchir

Open Access Research article

Acetate free citrate-containing dialysate increase intact-PTH and BAP levels in the patients with low intact-PTH

Takahiro Kuragano, Minoru Furuta, Mana Yahiro, Aritoshi Kida, Yoshinaga Otaki, Yukiko Hasuike, Akihide Matsumoto, Takeshi Nakanishi

Open Access Research article

Comparison of methodologies to define hemodialysis patients hyporesponsive to epoetin and impact on counts and characteristics

David T Gilbertson, Yi Peng, Thomas J Arneson, Stephan Dunning, Allan J Collins

Open Access Research article

A retrospective study of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: clinical criteria can identify patients at high risk for recurrent disease after first renal transplantation

Rutger JH Maas, Jeroen KJ Deegens, Jan AJG van den Brand, Elisabeth AM Cornelissen, Jack FM Wetzels

Open Access Research article

The A736V TMPRSS6 polymorphism influences hepcidin and iron metabolism in chronic hemodialysis patients: TMPRSS6 and hepcidin in hemodialysis

Serena Pelusi, Domenico Girelli, Raffaela Rametta, Natascia Campostrini, Carlo Alfieri, Michela Traglia, Paola Dongiovanni, Giovanna Como, Daniela Toniolo, Clara Camaschella, Piergiorgio Messa, Silvia Fargion, Luca Valenti

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast growth factor-23 and calcium phosphate product in young chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study

Abeer Yasin, Daisy Liu, Luan Chau, Joaquín Madrenas, Guido Filler

Open Access Research article

Predicting the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the English population: a cross-sectional study

Benjamin Kearns, Hugh Gallagher, Simon de Lusignan

Open Access Research article

Serum C1q- binding adiponectin in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Ken Kishida, Naohiro Kishida, Masaaki Arima, Hideaki Nakatsuji, Hironori Kobayashi, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes in Spain: PERCEDIME2 study

Antonio Rodriguez-Poncelas, Josep Garre-Olmo, Josep Franch-Nadal, Javier Diez-Espino, Xavier Mundet-Tuduri, Joan Barrot-De la Puente, Gabriel Coll-de Tuero

Open Access Case report

A case of lipoprotein glomerulopathy with thrombotic microangiopathy due to malignant hypertension

Yu Wu, Xiaohan Chen, Yuan Yang, Baohe Wang, Xiaoxia Liu, Ye Tao, Ping Fu, Zhangxue Hu

Open Access Research article

Indoxyl sulfate, a uremic toxin, downregulates renal expression of Nrf2 through activation of NF-κB

Dilinaer Bolati, Hidehisa Shimizu, Maimaiti Yisireyili, Fuyuhiko Nishijima, Toshimitsu Niwa

Open Access Research article

Reference values for glomerular filtration rate in healthy Brazilian adults

Ariana Aguiar Soares, Aline Bodanese Prates, Letícia Schwerz Weinert, Francisco Veríssimo Veronese, Mirela Jobim de Azevedo, Sandra Pinho Silveiro

Open Access Research article

Differences in estimation of creatinine generation between renal function estimating equations in an Indian population: cross-sectional data from the Hyderabad arm of the Indian migration study

Phillippa K Bailey, Charles RV Tomson, Sanjay Kinra, Shah Ebrahim, KV Radhakrishna, Hannah Kuper, Dorothea Nitsch, Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Open Access Research article

Impact of a modified data capture period on Liu comorbidity index scores in Medicare enrollees initiating chronic dialysis

Sally K Rigler, James B Wetmore, Jonathan D Mahnken, Lei Dong, Edward F Ellerbeck, Theresa I Shireman

Open Access Research article

Intrarenal resistance index for the assessment of acute renal injury in a rat liver transplantation model

Hai-Ying Kong, Fen Chen, Yong He, Lin-Jiao Wu, Li-Qing Wang, Sheng-Mei Zhu, Shu-Sen Zheng

Open Access Research article

Impact of prior CKD management in a renal care network on early outcomes in incident dialysis patients: a prospective observational study

Nicolas Rognant, Eric Alamartine, Jean Claude Aldigier, Christian Combe, Benoit Vendrely, Patrice Deteix, Pascal Cluzel, Laurent Juillard, François Vrtovsnik, Christelle Maurice, Sophie Fave, Maurice Laville

Open Access Research article

The accuracy of diagnostic coding for acute kidney injury in England – a single centre study

Laurie A Tomlinson, Alex M Riding, Rupert A Payne, Gary A Abel, Charles R Tomson, Ian B Wilkinson, Martin O Roland, Afzal N Chaudhry

Open Access Research article

Excessive urinary tract dilatation and proteinuria in pregnancy: a common and overlooked association?

Giorgina B Piccoli, Rossella Attini, Silvia Parisi, Federica N Vigotti, Germana Daidola, Maria Chiara Deagostini, Martina Ferraresi, Agostino De Pascale, Francesco Porpiglia, Andrea Veltri, Tullia Todros

Open Access Case report

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with ectopic unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney

Jing Xu, Dong-Ping Chen, Zhi-Guo Mao, He-Feng Huang, Chen-Ming Xu, Cong-Rong Wang, Wei-Ping Jia, Chang-Lin Mei

Open Access Research article

Heme iron polypeptide for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: a randomized controlled trial

Shankar P Nagaraju, Adam Cohn, Ayub Akbari, Janet L Davis, Deborah L Zimmerman

Open Access Study protocol

The rationale and design of Insight into Nephrotic Syndrome: Investigating Genes, Health and Therapeutics (INSIGHT): a prospective cohort study of childhood nephrotic syndrome

Neesha Hussain, J Anastasia Zello, Jovanka Vasilevska-Ristovska, Tonny M Banh, Viral P Patel, Pranali Patel, Christopher D Battiston, Diane Hebert, Christoph P B Licht, Tino D Piscione, Rulan S Parekh

Open Access Research article

High pulse pressure and metabolic syndrome are associated with proteinuria in young adult women

Jwa-Kyung Kim, Young-Su Ju, Sung Jin Moon, Young Rim Song, Hyung Jik Kim, Sung Gyun Kim

Open Access Case report

Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome (BOR) associated with focal glomerulosclerosis in a patient with a novel EYA1 splice site mutation

Maddalena Gigante, Marilena d’Altilia, Eustacchio Montemurno, Sterpeta Diella, Francesca Bruno, Giuseppe S Netti, Elena Ranieri, Giovanni Stallone, Barbara Infante, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Loreto Gesualdo

Open Access Research article

Dynamic cardiac dyssynchrony is strongly associated with 2-year dialysis adequacy in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients

Ching-Hui Huang, Chia-Chu Chang, Tzu-Lan Chang, Yu-Jun Chang

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Nephrology reviewer acknowledgement 2012

Hayley Henderson

Open Access Research article

Predicting erythropoietin resistance in hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes

Andreas Schneider, Markus P Schneider, Hubert Scharnagl, Alan G Jardine, Christoph Wanner, Christiane Drechsler

Open Access Research article

The relationship between obesity and diabetic nephropathy in China

Hui-Mei Chen, Wen-Wen Shen, Yong-Chun Ge, Yi-De Zhang, Hong-Lang Xie, Zhi-Hong Liu

Open Access Research article

Impact of acute kidney injury exposure period among liver transplantation patients

Roberto Camargo Narciso, Leonardo Rolim Ferraz, Sergio Mies, Julio Cesar Martins Monte, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Cassio José de Oliveira Rodrigues, Marcelo Costa Batista, Marcelino Souza Durão Junior

Open Access Research article

Serum levels and renal deposition of C1q complement component and its antibodies reflect disease activity of lupus nephritis

Ying Tan, Di Song, Li-hua Wu, Feng Yu, Ming-hui Zhao

Open Access Case report

Two new families with hereditary minimal change disease

Hassib Chehade, Francois Cachat, Eric Girardin, Samuel Rotman, Antonio Jorge Correia, Florence Fellmann, Olivier Bonny

Open Access Case report

A case of myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis and concurrent membranous nephropathy

Michiko Shimada, Takeshi Fujita, Norio Nakamura, Ikuyo Narita, Yuko Shimaya, Reiichi Murakami, Hideaki Yamabe, Hiroshi Osawa, Ken Okumura

Open Access Case report

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in a family with mosaicism and hypomorphic allele

Jana Reiterová, Jitka Štekrová, Miroslav Merta, Jaroslav Kotlas, Veronika Elišáková, Petr Lněnička, Marie Korabečná, Milada Kohoutová, Vladimír Tesař

Open Access Research article

Type of arteriovenous vascular access and association with patency and mortality

Gürbey Ocak, Joris I Rotmans, Carla Y Vossen, Frits R Rosendaal, Raymond T Krediet, Elisabeth W Boeschoten, Friedo W Dekker, Marion Verduijn

Open Access Research article

The development of anemia is associated to poor prognosis in NKF/KDOQI stage 3 chronic kidney disease

José Portolés, Jose Luis Gorriz, Esther Rubio, Fernando de Alvaro, Florencio García, Vicente Alvarez-Chivas, Pedro Aranda, Alberto Martinez-Castelao

Open Access Research article

Tubular reabsorption and local production of urine hepcidin-25

Hilde PE Peters, Coby MM Laarakkers, Peter Pickkers, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Otto C Boerman, Annemarie Eek, Elisabeth AM Cornelissen, Dorine W Swinkels, Jack FM Wetzels

Open Access Research article

Coagulation activation, depletion of platelet granules and endothelial integrity in case of uraemia and haemodialysis treatment

Marianne Schoorl, Margreet Schoorl, Menso J Nubé, Piet CM Bartels

Open Access Research article

Impact of non-dialysis chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with septic shock

Julien Maizel, Romain Deransy, Benedicte Dehedin, Edouard Secq, Elie Zogheib, Elisabeth Lewandowski, Chritstophe Tribouilloy, Ziad A Massy, Gabriel Choukroun, Michel Slama

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and correlates of depression among chronic kidney disease patients in Taiwan

Hsin-Hung Chiang, Hanoch Livneh, Mei-Ling Yen, Tsai-Chung Li, Tzung-Yi Tsai

Open Access Research article

Association of anaemia in primary care patients with chronic kidney disease: cross sectional study of quality improvement in chronic kidney disease (QICKD) trial data

Olga Dmitrieva, Simon de Lusignan, Iain C Macdougall, Hugh Gallagher, Charles Tomson, Kevin Harris, Terry Desombre, David Goldsmith

Open Access Research article

Psychosocial factors in adults with chronic kidney disease: characteristics of pilot participants in the Tasmanian Chronic Kidney Disease study

Charlotte M McKercher, Alison J Venn, Leigh Blizzard, Mark R Nelson, Andrew J Palmer, Michael A Ashby, Jennifer L Scott, Matthew D Jose

Open Access Research article

Incidence and outcome of contrast-associated acute kidney injury in a mixed medical-surgical ICU population: a retrospective study

Christophe Clec’h, Dominique Razafimandimby, Mehdi Laouisset, Frank Chemouni, Yves Cohen

Open Access Research article

Creatinine-or cystatin C-based equations to estimate glomerular filtration in the general population: impact on the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease

Pierre Delanaye, Etienne Cavalier, Olivier Moranne, Laurence Lutteri, Jean-Marie Krzesinski, Olivier Bruyère

Open Access Research article

Renal dysfunction in STEMI-patients undergoing primary angioplasty: higher prevalence but equal prognostic impact in female patients; an observational cohort study from the Belgian STEMI registry

Sofie A Gevaert, Dirk De Bacquer, Patrick Evrard, Marc Renard, Christophe Beauloye, Patrick Coussement, Herbert De Raedt, Peter R Sinnaeve, Marc J Claeys

Open Access Case report

Pulmonary renal syndrome in a child with coexistence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and anti-glomerular basement membrane disease: case report and literature review

Radovan Bogdanović, Predrag Minić, Jasmina Marković-Lipkovski, Nataša Stajić, Nataša Savić, Milan Rodić

Open Access Case report

When the chimney is blocked: malignant renovascular hypertension after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Amir Gal-Oz, Yehuda G Wolf, Galia Rosen, Haggai Sharon, Idit F Schwartz, Gil Chernin

Open Access Review

Pathophysiology and treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: the role of animal models

Sylvana ML de Mik, Martin J Hoogduijn, Ron W de Bruin, Frank JMF Dor

Open Access Research article

Chronic kidney diseases in mixed ancestry south African populations: prevalence, determinants and concordance between kidney function estimators

Tandi E Matsha, Yandiswa Y Yako, Megan A Rensburg, Mogamat S Hassan, Andre P Kengne, Rajiv T Erasmus

Open Access Research article

Hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration differently modulate left ventricular diastolic function

Árpád Czifra, Alida Páll, Julianna Kulcsár, Kitti Barta, Attila Kertész, György Paragh, István Lőrincz, Zoltán Jenei, Anupam Agarwal, Abolfazl Zarjou, József Balla, Zoltán Szabó

Open Access Research article

Effect of hyperinsulinemia during hemodialysis on the insulin-like growth factor system and inflammatory biomarkers: a randomized open-label crossover study

Mark Reinhard, Jan Frystyk, Bente Jespersen, Mette Bjerre, Jens S Christiansen, Allan Flyvbjerg, Per Ivarsen

Open Access Research article

Detecting chronic kidney disease in population-based administrative databases using an algorithm of hospital encounter and physician claim codes

Jamie L Fleet, Stephanie N Dixon, Salimah Z Shariff, Robert R Quinn, Danielle M Nash, Ziv Harel, Amit X Garg

Open Access Research article

Poor histological lesions in IgA nephropathy may be reflected in blood and urine peptide profiling

Fredzzia Graterol, Maribel Navarro-Muñoz, Meritxell Ibernon, Dolores López, Maria-Isabel Troya, Vanessa Pérez, Josep Bonet, Ramón Romero

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast growth factor 23, mineral metabolism and mortality among elderly men (Swedish MrOs)

Per-Anton Westerberg, Åsa Tivesten, Magnus K Karlsson, Dan Mellström, Eric Orwoll, Claes Ohlsson, Tobias E Larsson, Torbjörn Linde, Östen Ljunggren

Open Access Research article

Ethnic differences in the association between blood pressure components and chronic kidney disease in middle aged and older Asian adults

Charumathi Sabanayagam, Boon Wee Teo, E Shyong Tai, Tazeen H Jafar, Tien Yin Wong

Open Access Research article

U-shaped association between central body fat and the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio and microalbuminuria

Kathleen Dittmann, Anke Hannemann, Henri Wallaschofski, Rainer Rettig, Sylvia Stracke, Henry Völzke, Matthias Nauck, Nele Friedrich

Open Access Research article

Continuous venovenous haemofiltration with citrate-buffered replacement solution is safe and efficacious in patients with a bleeding tendency: a prospective observational study

Shaikh A Nurmohamed, Borefore P Jallah, Marc G Vervloet, Gul Yldirim, Pieter M ter Wee, AB Johan Groeneveld

Open Access Research article

Risk factors of short-term mortality after acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis: a population-based study

Ju-Yeh Yang, Tsung-Chun Lee, Maria E Montez-Rath, Glenn M Chertow, Wolfgang C Winkelmayer

Open Access Research article

Re-evaluating the predictive roles of metabolic complications and clinical outcome according to eGFR levels — a four-years prospective cohort study in Taiwan

I-Wen Wu, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Chin-Chan Lee, Chiao-Yin Sun, Heng-Jung Hsu, Ming-Jui Hung, Mai-Szu Wu

Open Access Case report

Myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Keiichi Sumida, Yoshifumi Ubara, Junichi Hoshino, Noriko Hayami, Tatsuya Suwabe, Rikako Hiramatsu, Eiko Hasegawa, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Naoki Sawa, Kenmei Takaichi, Kenichi Ohashi

Open Access Case report

Erythropoietin-producing tubercle granuloma in a hemodialysis patient

Minoru Satoh, Hiroshi Ueta, Takehiko Tokura, Tamaki Sasaki, Naoki Kashihara

Open Access Research article

An in vitroassessment of panel of engineered nanomaterials using a human renal cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory response, oxidative stress and genotoxicity

Ali Kermanizadeh, Sandra Vranic, Sonja Boland, Kevin Moreau, Armelle Baeza-Squiban, Birgit K Gaiser, Livia A Andrzejczuk, Vicki Stone

Open Access Research article

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor attenuates kidney injury in rat remnant kidney

Kwon Wook Joo, Sejoong Kim, Shin-young Ahn, Ho Jun Chin, Dong-Wan Chae, Jeonghwan Lee, Jin Suk Han, Ki Young Na

Open Access Research article

Effect of cinacalcet availability and formulary listing on parathyroidectomy rate trends

Jean-Philippe Lafrance, Héloïse Cardinal, Martine Leblanc, François Madore, Vincent Pichette, Louise Roy, Jacques Le Lorier

Open Access Research article

Persistent nasal methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carriage in hemodialysis outpatients: a predictor of worse outcome

Holger Schmid, Andre Romanos, Helmut Schiffl, Stephan R Lederer

Open Access Research article

Risk factors and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury following ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Ilana Kopolovic, Kim Simmonds, Shelley Duggan, Mark Ewanchuk, Daniel E Stollery, Sean M Bagshaw

Open Access Research article

Seroprevalence of Streptococcal Inhibitor of Complement (SIC) suggests association of streptococcal infection with chronic kidney disease

Mohan Ganesh Karmarkar, Gouri Pandharinath Hule, Niwrutti Khandu Hase, Preeti Rajeev Mehta, Scott Robert Walter, Kadaba Srinivasa Sriprakash

Open Access Research article

Is there an association between elevated or low serum levels of phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, and calcium and mortality in patients with end stage renal disease? A meta-analysis

Jaime L Natoli, Rob Boer, Brian H Nathanson, Ross M Miller, Silvia Chiroli, William G Goodman, Vasily Belozeroff

Open Access Research article

Characterization of a short isoform of the kidney protein podocin in human kidney

Linus A Völker, Eva-Maria Schurek, Markus M Rinschen, Judit Tax, Barbara A Schutte, Tobias Lamkemeyer, Denise Ungrue, Bernhard Schermer, Thomas Benzing, Martin Höhne

Open Access Case report

A novel TRPC6mutation in a family with podocytopathy and clinical variability

Amy K Mottl, Mei Lu, Catherine A Fine, Karen E Weck

Open Access Case report

Reflex anuria following acute cardiac event

Vijayabala Jeevagan, Mitrakrishnan Navinan, Arunie Munasinghe, Abdul Nazar, Anura Wijewardena, Godwin Constantine

Open Access Study protocol

The natural history of, and risk factors for, progressive Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): the Renal Impairment in Secondary care (RIISC) study; rationale and protocol

Stephanie Stringer, Praveen Sharma, Mary Dutton, Mark Jesky, Khai Ng, Okdeep Kaur, Iain Chapple, Thomas Dietrich, Charles Ferro, Paul Cockwell

Open Access Research article

Modelling competing risks in nephrology research: an example in peritoneal dialysis

Laetitia Teixeira, Anabela Rodrigues, Maria J Carvalho, António Cabrita, Denisa Mendonça

Open Access Research article

Transcultural adaptation and initial validation of Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Basel assessment of adherence to immunosuppressive medications scale (BAASIS) in kidney transplants

Elisa de Oliveira Marsicano, Neimar da Silva Fernandes, Fernando Colugnati, Fabiane Rossi dos Santos Grincenkov, Natalia Maria da Silva Fernandes, Sabina De Geest, Helady Sanders-Pinheiro

Open Access Research article

Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis by anaerobic pathogens: a retrospective case series

Chia-Ter Chao, Szu-Ying Lee, Wei-Shun Yang, Huei-Wen Chen, Cheng-Chung Fang, Chung-Jen Yen, Chih-Kang Chiang, Kuan-Yu Hung, Jenq-Wen Huang

Open Access Research article

Chronic kidney disease is associated with adverse outcomes among elderly patients taking clopidogrel after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome

Michael J Fischer, P Michael Ho, Kelly McDermott, Elliott Lowy, Chirag R Parikh

Open Access Research article

Cinacalcet lowering of serum fibroblast growth factor-23 concentration may be independent from serum Ca, P, PTH and dose of active vitamin D in peritoneal dialysis patients: a randomized controlled study

Hyo Jin Kim, Hyunsuk Kim, Nara Shin, Ki Young Na, Yong Lim Kim, Daejung Kim, Jae Hyun Chang, Young Rim Song, Young-Hwan Hwang, Yon Su Kim, Curie Ahn, Joongyub Lee, Kook-Hwan Oh

Open Access Research article

Timing of preemptive vascular access placement: do we understand the natural history of advanced CKD?: an observational study

Nisha Bansal, Chenyin He, Daniel P Murphy, Kirsten L Johansen, Chi-yuan Hsu

Open Access Research article

Metabolic syndrome, C-reactive protein and microalbuminuria in a rural Chinese population: a cross-sectional study

Liping Jiang, Wen Huang, Yuanbo Liang, Fenghua Wang, Xinrong Duan, Xiaohui Yang, Jiangping Wen, Ningli Wang

Open Access Research article

B-type natriuretic peptide versus amino terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide: selecting the optimal heart failure marker in patients with impaired kidney function

Lena Jafri, Waqar Kashif, Javed Tai, Imran Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam, Hira Shahzad, Farooq Ghani

Open Access Research article

Bilirubin attenuates the renal tubular injury by inhibition of oxidative stress and apoptosis

Se Won Oh, Eun Seong Lee, Sejoong Kim, Ki Young Na, Dong Wan Chae, Suhnggwon Kim, Ho Jun Chin

Open Access Research article

Restless legs syndrome and quality of sleep in patients with glomerulopathy

Alexandre Braga Libório, João Paulo Lima Santos, Natália Feitosa Arraes Minete, Cecília Alencar de Diógenes, Luiza de Andrade Braga Farias, Veralice Meireles Sales de Bruin

Open Access Technical advance

A novel model of adenine-induced tubulointerstitial nephropathy in mice

Ting Jia, Hannes Olauson, Karolina Lindberg, Risul Amin, Karin Edvardsson, Bengt Lindholm, Göran Andersson, Annika Wernerson, Yves Sabbagh, Susan Schiavi, Tobias E Larsson

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N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast nephropathy in patients with renal impairment undergoing emergency CT: a randomized study

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Association of frailty and physical function in patients with non-dialysis CKD: a systematic review

Simon R Walker, Kamalpreet Gill, Kerry Macdonald, Paul Komenda, Claudio Rigatto, Manish M Sood, Clara J Bohm, Leroy J Storsley, Navdeep Tangri

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Perceptions and use of the national kidney foundation KDOQI guidelines: a survey of U.S. renal healthcare providers

Michelle M Estrella, Bernard G Jaar, Kerri L Cavanaugh, Chester H Fox, Mark A Perazella, Sandeep S Soman, Emily Howell, Michael V Rocco, Michael J Choi

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Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration with a low citrate dose regional anticoagulation protocol and a phosphate-containing solution: effects on acid–base status and phosphate supplementation needs

Santo Morabito, Valentina Pistolesi, Luigi Tritapepe, Elio Vitaliano, Laura Zeppilli, Francesca Polistena, Enrico Fiaccadori, Alessandro Pierucci

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Higher serum chloride concentrations are associated with acute kidney injury in unselected critically ill patients

Zhongheng Zhang, Xiao Xu, Haozhe Fan, Danyu Li, Hongsheng Deng

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Relationship between Icodextrin use and decreased level of small low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fractioned by high-performance gel permeation chromatography

Eiichiro Kanda, Masumi Ai, Asami Iwamoto, Mitsuyo Okazaki, Yoshitaka Maeda, Sei Sasaki, Masayuki Yoshida

Open Access Technical advance

DNA extraction from long-term stored urine

Marc Hilhorst, Ruud Theunissen, Henk van Rie, Pieter van Paassen, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert

Open Access Database

An overview of the British Columbia Glomerulonephritis network and registry: integrating knowledge generation and translation within a single framework

Sean Barbour, Monica Beaulieu, Jagbir Gill, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Heather Reich, Adeera Levin

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Tyrosine kinases inhibition by Imatinib slows progression in chronic anti-thy1 glomerulosclerosis of the rat

Yingrui Wang-Rosenke, Dymtro Khadzhynov, Tanja Loof, Alice Mika, Hiroshi Kawachi, Hans-H Neumayer, Harm Peters

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Validation of the new classification of pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in a United States cohort and its correlation with renal outcome

Carla L Ellis, Rebecca L Manno, John P Havill, Lorraine C Racusen, Duvuru Geetha

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The prevalence of hypertension and abnormal kidney function in children with sickle cell disease –a cross sectional review

Prasad Bodas, Alex Huang, Mary Ann O’Riordan, John R Sedor, Katherine MacRae Dell

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Stable hemoglobin in hemodialysis patients: forest for the trees – a 12-week pilot observational study

Jacques B Rottembourg, Floride Kpade, Fadia Tebibel, Aurélie Dansaert, Gaelle Chenuc

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Effect of ferric carboxymaltose on serum phosphate and C-terminal FGF23 levels in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: post-hoc analysis of a prospective study

Merche Prats, Ramon Font, Carmen García, Carmen Cabré, Manel Jariod, Alberto Martinez Vea

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Factors associated with 24-hour urinary volume: the Swiss salt survey

Tobias Schoen, Jonas Blum, Fred Paccaud, Michel Burnier, Murielle Bochud, David Conen

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Triggering of suicidal erythrocyte death by uremic toxin indoxyl sulfate

Mohamed Siyabeldin E Ahmed, Majed Abed, Jakob Voelkl, Florian Lang

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Susceptibility to ATP depletion of primary proximal tubular cell cultures derived from mice lacking either the α1 or the α2 isoform of the catalytic domain of AMPK

Wilfred Lieberthal, Meiyi Tang, Leiqing Zhang, Benoit Viollet, Vimal Patel, Jerrold S Levine

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A comparison of CKD-EPI estimated glomerular filtration rate and measured creatinine clearance in recently admitted critically ill patients with normal plasma creatinine concentrations

Andrew A Udy, Fraser JA Morton, Sallyanne Nguyen-Pham, Paul Jarrett, Melissa Lassig-Smith, Janine Stuart, Rachel Dunlop, Therese Starr, Robert J Boots, Jeffrey Lipman

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Cross-over study of influence of oral vitamin C supplementation on inflammatory status in maintenance hemodialysis patients

KunYing Zhang, YinHui Li, XuYang Cheng, Li Liu, WenYing Bai, WeiYa Guo, LeiYun Wu, Li Zuo

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Patterns in blood pressure medication use in US incident dialysis patients over the first 6 months

Wendy L St Peter, Stephen M Sozio, Tariq Shafi, Patti L Ephraim, Jason Luly, Aidan McDermott, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Klemens B Meyer, Deidra C Crews, Julia J Scialla, Dana C Miskulin, Navdeep Tangri, Bernard G Jaar, Wieneke M Michels, Albert W Wu, L Ebony Boulware

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Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome induced by neoplastic meningitis in a patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis

Yohei Tsuchida, Takuma Takata, Toshihiko Ikarashi, Noriaki Iino, Junichiro J Kazama, Ichiei Narita

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The ambulatory arterial stiffness index and target-organ damage in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease

Cheng Wang, Jun Zhang, Cui-Cui Li, Wen-Yu Gong, Xun Liu, Zeng-Chun Ye, Hui Peng, Tan-Qi Lou

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Alcohol consumption is inversely associated with stage 3 chronic kidney disease in middle-aged Taiwanese men

Yueh-Han Hsu, Hsiang-Chu Pai, Yao-Mao Chang, Wen-Hsin Liu, Chih-Cheng Hsu

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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease across levels of glycemia among adults in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

Yi Zhou, Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui, Jian-jun Gu, Xiao-nan Ruan, Gen-ming Zhao, Wang-hong Xu, Li-ming Yang, Hong Zhang, Hua Qiu, K M Venkat Narayan, Qiao Sun

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Renal thrombotic microangiopathy in a patient with septic disseminated intravascular coagulation

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Estimation of glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C in octogenarians and nonagenarians

Marcelo B Lopes, Lara Q Araújo, Michelle T Passos, Sonia K Nishida, Gianna M Kirsztajn, Maysa S Cendoroglo, Ricardo C Sesso

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Elevated troponin I levels but not low grade chronic inflammation is associated with cardiac-specific mortality in stable hemodialysis patients

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Infusion of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells leads to transient reduction in proteinuria in treatment refractory patients with Idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Upal Sengupta, Vinod Kumar, Ashok K Yadav, Neelam Marwaha, Harbir S Kohli, Vinay Sakhuja, Vivekanand Jha

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Predicting risk of mortality in dialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study evaluating the prognostic value of a simple chest X-ray

Ethan Bohn, Navdeep Tangri, Brent Gali, Blair Henderson, Manish M Sood, Paul Komenda, Claudio Rigatto

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Prevalence and correlates of medication non-adherence among kidney transplant recipients more than 6 months post-transplant: a cross-sectional study

Francis L Weng, Sheenu Chandwani, Karen M Kurtyka, Christopher Zacker, Marie A Chisholm-Burns, Kitaw Demissie

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Fluid overload in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study to determine its association with cardiac biomarkers and nutritional status

Marlies Antlanger, Manfred Hecking, Michael Haidinger, Johannes Werzowa, Johannes J Kovarik, Gernot Paul, Manfred Eigner, Diana Bonderman, Walter H Hörl, Marcus D Säemann

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The use of absolute values improves performance of estimation formulae: a retrospective cross sectional study

Belén Redal-Baigorri, Knud Rasmussen, James Goya Heaf

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Survival prognosis after the start of a renal replacement therapy in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study

Aline C Hemke, Martin BA Heemskerk, Merel van Diepen, Willem Weimar, Friedo W Dekker, Andries J Hoitsma

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Glomerular tip adhesions predict the progression of IgA nephropathy

Kunihiro Maeda, Shogo Kikuchi, Naoto Miura, Keisuke Suzuki, Wataru Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Morita, Shogo Banno, Hirokazu Imai

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Determinants of the creatinine clearance to glomerular filtration rate ratio in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Yen-chung Lin, Nisha Bansal, Eric Vittinghoff, Alan S Go, Chi-yuan Hsu

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Trends in anemia management in US hemodialysis patients 2004–2010

Dana C Miskulin, Jing Zhou, Navdeep Tangri, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Courtney Cook, Patti L Ephraim, Deidra C Crews, Julia J Scialla, Stephen M Sozio, Tariq Shafi, Bernard G Jaar, L Ebony Boulware

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Dyspepsia and gastric emptying in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis

Luiz Derwal Salles Junior, Paulo Roberto Santos, Armênio Aguiar dos Santos, Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte de Souza

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Renal dysfunction, restrictive left ventricular filling pattern and mortality risk in patients admitted with heart failure: a 7-year follow-up study

Morten Schou, Jesper Kjaergaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Christian Hassager, Finn Gustafsson, Dilek Akkan, Jacob E Moller, Lars Kober

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Time of injury affects urinary biomarker predictive values for acute kidney injury in critically ill, non-septic patients

Hilde RH de Geus, Gijs Fortrie, Michiel GH Betjes, Ron HN van Schaik, AB Johan Groeneveld

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Lower serum sodium level predicts higher risk of infection-related hospitalization in maintenance hemodialysis patients: an observational cohort study

Shintaro Mandai, Michio Kuwahara, Yuri Kasagi, Keita Kusaka, Tomomi Tanaka, Satomi Shikuma, Wataru Akita, Sei Sasaki

Open Access Case report

Identical twins:one with anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis,the other with systemic lupus erythematosus

Xiaoxia Liu, Yu Wu, Yuan Yang, Jue Wang, Ye Tao, Ping Fu, Zhangxue Hu

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Effective peer-to-peer support for young people with end-stage renal disease: a mixed methods evaluation of Camp COOL

Jane NT Sattoe, Susan Jedeloo, AnneLoes van Staa

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Diastolic function is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease

Ahmad Farshid, Rajeev Pathak, Bruce Shadbolt, Leonard Arnolda, Girish Talaulikar

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Circulating dendritic cell precursors in chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Katharina Paul, Daniel Kretzschmar, Atilla Yilmaz, Barbara Bärthlein, Stephanie Titze, Gunter Wolf, Martin Busch

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High dose intravenous iron, mineral homeostasis and intact FGF23 in normal and uremic rats

Eva Gravesen, Jacob Hofman-Bang, Maria L Mace, Ewa Lewin, Klaus Olgaard

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Association of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and failure to monitor renal function with adverse outcomes in people with diabetes: a primary care cohort study

Andrew P McGovern, Benjamin Rusholme, Simon Jones, Jeremy N van Vlymen, Harshana Liyanage, Hugh Gallagher, Charles RV Tomson, Kamlesh Khunti, Kevin Harris, Simon de Lusignan

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An update on the impact of pre-transplant transfusions and allosensitization on time to renal transplant and on allograft survival

Juan C Scornik, Jonathan S Bromberg, Douglas J Norman, Mayank Bhanderi, Matthew Gitlin, Jeffrey Petersen

Open Access Research article

Relationship between sclerostin and cardiovascular calcification in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Vincent M Brandenburg, Rafael Kramann, Ralf Koos, Thilo Krüger, Leon Schurgers, Georg Mühlenbruch, Sinah Hübner, Ulrich Gladziwa, Christiane Drechsler, Markus Ketteler

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Predictors of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC)

Ruth F Dubin, Yongmei Li, Jiang He, Bernard G Jaar, Radhakrishna Kallem, James P Lash, Gail Makos, Sylvia E Rosas, Elsayed Z Soliman, Ray R Townsend, Wei Yang, Alan S Go, Martin Keane, Christopher deFilippi, Rakesh Mishra, Myles Wolf, Michael G Shlipak

Open Access Technical advance

Meta-analysis of molecular response of kidney to ischemia reperfusion injury for the identification of new candidate genes

Dmitry N Grigoryev, Dilyara I Cheranova, Daniel P Heruth, Peixin Huang, Li Q Zhang, Hamid Rabb, Shui Q Ye

Open Access Research article

The great East Japan earthquake affected the laboratory findings of hemodialysis patients in Fukushima

Nobuhiro Haga, Junya Hata, Michihiro Yabe, Kei Ishibashi, Norio Takahashi, Ken Kumagai, Souichiro Ogawa, Masao Kataoka, Hidenori Akaihata, Yoshiyuki Kojima

Open Access Research article

The effect of rural-to-urban migration on renal function in an Indian population: cross-sectional data from the Hyderabad arm of the Indian Migration Study

Phillippa K Bailey, Charles RV Tomson, Sanjay Kinra, Shah Ebrahim, KV Radhakrishna, Hannah Kuper, Dorothea Nitsch, Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Open Access Research article

FGF-23 associated with the progression of coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients

Abdullah Ozkok, Cigdem Kekik, Gonca Emel Karahan, Tamer Sakaci, Alper Ozel, Abdulkadir Unsal, Alaattin Yildiz

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Peritoneal dialysis in rural Australia

Nicholas A Gray, Blair S Grace, Stephen P McDonald

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