Cardiovascular and Renal Progression Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Colloquium in Honor of John H. Dirks ISN World Congress of Nephrology Singapore, June 26, 2005

BARRY M BRENNER

Kidney Int 68: 1411-1412; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00550.x

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Cardiovascular risk factors in chronic kidney disease

VANDANA MENON, AMBREEN GUL and MARK J SARNAK

Kidney Int 68: 1413-1418; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00551.x

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Chronic kidney disease in patients with cardiac disease: A review of evidence-based treatment

JOHN J V MCMURRAY

Kidney Int 68: 1419-1426; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00552.x

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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and anemia among participants in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Cohort Study: Baseline results

DAVID G WARNOCK, WILLIAM MCCLELLAN, LESLIE A MCCLURE, BRITT NEWSOME, RUTH C CAMPBELL, PAUL AUDHYA, MARY CUSHMAN, VIRGINIA J HOWARD and GEORGE HOWARD

Kidney Int 68: 1427-1431; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00553.x

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Optimal anemia management reduces cardiovascular morbidity, mortality, and costs in chronic kidney disease

MADHUMATHI RAO and BRIAN J G PEREIRA

Kidney Int 68: 1432-1438; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00554.x

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Targets to retard the progression of diabetic nephropathy

MARK E COOPER, KARIN JANDELEIT-DAHM and MERLIN C THOMAS

Kidney Int 68: 1439-1445; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00555.x

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Progression of microalbuminuria in type 1 diabetes: Ten-year prospective observational study

PETER ROSSING, PHILIP HOUGAARD and HANS-HENRIK PARVING

Kidney Int 68: 1446-1450; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00556.x

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Closing remarks

JOHN H DIRKS

Kidney Int 68: 1451-1452; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00557.x

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Posttransplantation chronic renal damage in nonrenal transplant recipients

PIERO STRATTA, CATERINA CANAVESE, MARCO QUAGLIA, FEDERICO BALZOLA, MARCO BOBBIO, ALESSANDRO BUSCA, ALESSANDRO FRANCHELLO, DANIELA LIBERTUCCI and GIANNA MAZZUCCO

Kidney Int 68: 1453-1463; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00558.x

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Myeloablative chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation in myeloma or primary amyloidosis with renal involvement

MORIE A GERTZ, NELSON LEUNG, MARTHA Q LACY and ANGELA DISPENZIERI

Kidney Int 68: 1464-1471; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00559.x

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Mapping of a new candidate locus for uromodulin-associated kidney disease (UAKD) to chromosome 1q41

KATEINA HODAOVÁ, JACEK MAJEWSKI, MARTINA KUBLOVÁ, PETR VYLEŤAL, MARIE KALBÁOVÁ, BLANKA STIBRKOVÁ, HELENA HLKOVÁ, YVON C CHAGNON, CHRISTIAN-MARC LANOUETTE, ANTHONY MARINAKI, JEAN-PIERRE FRYNS, GOPALAKRISHNAN VENKAT-RAMAN and STANISLAV KMOCH

Kidney Int 68: 1472-1482; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00560.x

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Impact of polymorphisms in the genes encoding xylosyltransferase I and a homologue in type 1 diabetic patients with and without nephropathy

SYLVIA SCHÖN, CHRISTIAN PRANTE, SANDRA MÜLLER, MANUELA SCHÖTTLER, LISE TARNOW, JOACHIM KUHN, KNUT KLEESIEK and CHRISTIAN GÖTTING

Kidney Int 68: 1483-1490; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00561.x

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Analyses of coding region polymorphisms in apical and basolateral human organic anion transporter (OAT) genes [OAT1 (NKT), OAT2, OAT3, OAT4, URAT (RST)]Rapid Communication

GANG XU, VIBHA BHATNAGAR, GEN WEN, BRUCE A HAMILTON, SATISH A ERALY and SANJAY K NIGAM

Kidney Int 68: 1491-1499; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00612.x

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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ inhibits renal interstitial myofibroblast activation by inducing hepatocyte growth factor expression

YINGJIAN LI, BRADLEY C SPATARO, JUNWEI YANG, CHUNSUN DAI and YOUHUA LIU

Kidney Int 68: 1500-1510; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00562.x

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Induction of Zf9 in the kidney following early ischemia/reperfusion

RIDWAN TARABISHI, KAMYAR ZAHEDI, JAYA MISHRA, QING MA, CAITLIN KELLY, KATHY TEHRANI and PRASAD DEVARAJAN

Kidney Int 68: 1511-1519; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00563.x

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Combined expression of A1 and A20 achieves optimal protection of renal proximal tubular epithelial cells

UTA KUNTER, SOIZIC DANIEL, MARIA B ARVELO, JEAN CHOI, TALA SHUKRI, VIRENDRA I PATEL, CHRISTOPHER R LONGO, SALVATORE T SCALI, GAUTAM SHRIKHANDE, EDUARDO ROCHA, EVA CZISMADIA, CHRISTINA MOTTLEY, SHANE T GREY, JÜRGEN FLOEGE and CHRISTIANE FERRAN

Kidney Int 68: 1520-1532; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00564.x

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Parenteral iron treatment induces MCP-1 accumulation in plasma, normal kidneys, and in experimental nephropathy

RICHARD A ZAGER

Kidney Int 68: 1533-1542; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00565.x

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Crystals cause acute necrotic cell death in renal proximal tubule cells, but not in collecting tubule cells

MARIEKE S J SCHEPERS, EDDY S VAN BALLEGOOIJEN, CHRIS H BANGMA and CARL F VERKOELEN

Kidney Int 68: 1543-1553; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00566.x

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Matrix metalloproteinases and mesangial remodeling in light chain–related glomerular damage

JOHN KEELING and GUILLERMO A HERRERA

Kidney Int 68: 1590-1603; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00571.x

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Dendritic cells of IgA nephropathy patients have an impaired capacity to induce IgA production in naïve B cells

JAN-WILLEM EIJGENRAAM, ANDREA M WOLTMAN, SYLVIA W A KAMERLING, FRANCINE BRIERE, JOHAN W DE FIJTER, MOHAMED R DAHA and CEES VAN KOOTEN

Kidney Int 68: 1604-1612; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00572.x

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Administered mesenchymal stem cells enhance recovery from ischemia/reperfusion–induced acute renal failure in rats

CLAUDIA LANGE, FLORIAN TÖGEL, HARALD ITTRICH, FREDERIC CLAYTON, CLAUS NOLTE-ERNSTING, AXEL R ZANDER and CHRISTOF WESTENFELDER

Kidney Int 68: 1613-1617; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00573.x

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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 is required for TGF-1–induced podocyte apoptosis

TAKEHIKO WADA, JEFFREY W PIPPIN, YOSHIO TERADA and STUART J SHANKLAND

Kidney Int 68: 1618-1629; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00574.x

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Characterization of glycosaminoglycans in tubular epithelial cells: Calcium oxalate and oxalate ions effects

FERNANDA T BORGES, YARA M MICHELACCI, JAIR A K AGUIAR, MARIA A DALBONI, ANDREZZA S GARÓFALO and NESTOR SCHOR

Kidney Int 68: 1630-1642; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00577.x

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Preconditioning of the distal tubular epithelium of the human kidney precedes nephrocalcinosis

ANJA VERHULST, MARINO ASSELMAN, STEPHANIE DE NAEYER, BENJAMIN A VERVAET, MICHAEL MENGEL, WILFRIED GWINNER, PATRICK C D'HAESE, CARL F VERKOELEN and MARC E DE BROE

Kidney Int 68: 1643-1647; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00584.x

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VEGF regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in glomerular endothelial cells

DENIS FELIERS, XIAOYAN CHEN, NESE AKIS, GOUTAM GHOSH CHOUDHURY, MICHAEL MADAIO and BALAKUNTALAM S KASINATH

Kidney Int 68: 1648-1659; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00575.x

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Oxalate is toxic to renal tubular cells only at supraphysiologic concentrations

MARIEKE S J SCHEPERS, EDDY S VAN BALLEGOOIJEN, CHRIS H BANGMA and CARL F VERKOELEN

Kidney Int 68: 1660-1669; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00576.x

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Renal-specific oxidoreductase biphasic expression under high glucose ambience during fetal versus neonatal development

YASHPAL S KANWAR, SHIGERU AKAGI, BAIBASWATA NAYAK, LIN SUN, JUN WADA, PING XIE, ARUN THAKUR, SUMANT S CHUGH and FARHAD R DANESH

Kidney Int 68: 1670-1683; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00611.x

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Handling of cysteine S-conjugates of methylmercury in MDCK cells expressing human OAT1

RUDOLFS K ZALUPS and SARFARAZ AHMAD

Kidney Int 68: 1684-1699; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00585.x

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Prolactin, a natriuretic hormone, interacting with the renal dopamine system

FERNANDO IBARRA, SUSANNE CRAMBERT, ANN-CHRISTINE EKLÖF, ANNIKA LUNDQUIST, PETER HANSELL and ULLA HOLTBÄCK

Kidney Int 68: 1700-1707; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00586.x

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Coordinated control of renal Ca²⁺ transport proteins by parathyroid hormone

MONIQUE VAN ABEL, JOOST G J HOENDEROP, ANNEMIETE W C M VAN DER KEMP, MICHAEL M FRIEDLAENDER, JOHANNES P T M VAN LEEUWEN and RENÉ J M BINDELS

Kidney Int 68: 1708-1721; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00587.x

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Gender differences in renal responses to hyperglycemia and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in diabetes

DAVID Z I CHERNEY, ETIENNE B SOCHETT and JUDITH A MILLER

Kidney Int 68: 1722-1728; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00588.x

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Gender hormones and the progression of experimental polycystic kidney disease

KENNETH D STRINGER, RADKO KOMERS, SHUKRI A OSMAN, TERRY T OYAMA, JESSIE N LINDSLEY and SHARON ANDERSON

Kidney Int 68: 1729-1739; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00589.x

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The relationship between microalbuminuria and glomerular filtration rate in young type 1 diabetic subjects: The Oxford Regional Prospective Study

RAKESH AMIN, CHARLES TURNER, SARA VAN AKEN, TERESA KONOPELSKA BAHU, ANGELA WATTS, DAVID R M LINDSELL, R NEIL DALTON and DAVID B DUNGER

Kidney Int 68: 1740-1749; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00590.x

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Lamivudine in hepatitis B–associated membranous nephropathy

SYDNEY TANG, FERNAND MAC-MOUNE LAI, YUN HOI LUI, COLIN S O TANG, NELSON N S KUNG, YIU WING HO, KWOK WAH CHAN, JOSEPH C K LEUNG and KAR NENG LAI

Kidney Int 68: 1750-1758; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00591.x

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Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp^TM) in children with chronic renal failure

DENIS F GEARY, LAURA E KEATING, ANNETTE VIGNEUX, DEREK STEPHENS, DIANE HÉBERT and ELIZABETH A HARVEY

Kidney Int 68: 1759-1765; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00592.x

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Are nutritional status indicators associated with mortality in the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study?

JOHANNA T DWYER, BRETT LARIVE, JUNE LEUNG, MICHAEL V ROCCO, TOM GREENE, JERRILYNN BURROWES, GLENN M CHERTOW, DAVID B COCKRAM, W CAMERON CHUMLEA, JOHN DAUGIRDAS, ANNE FRYDRYCH and JOHN W KUSEK FORTHE HEMO STUDY GROUP

Kidney Int 68: 1766-1776; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00593.x

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The impact of education on chronic kidney disease patients' plans to initiate dialysis with self-care dialysis: A randomized trial

BRADEN J MANNS, KEN TAUB, CARMEN VANDERSTRAETEN, HEATHER JONES, CYNTHIA MILLS, MARILYN VISSER and KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN

Kidney Int 68: 1777-1783; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00594.x

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Urinary macromolecular inhibition of crystal adhesion to renal epithelial cells is impaired in male stone formers

VIVEK KUMAR, LOURDES PEÑA DE LA VEGA, GERARD FARELL and JOHN C LIESKE

Kidney Int 68: 1784-1792; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00595.x

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Effects of the calcimimetic cinacalcet HCl on cardiovascular disease, fracture, and health-related quality of life in secondary hyperparathyroidism

JOHN CUNNINGHAM, MARK DANESE, KURT OLSON, PRESTON KLASSEN and GLENN M CHERTOW

Kidney Int 68: 1793-1800; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00596.x

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The safety and efficacy of ferumoxytol therapy in anemic chronic kidney disease patients

BRUCE S SPINOWITZ, MICHAEL H SCHWENK, PAULA M JACOBS, W KLINE BOLTON, MARK R KAPLAN, CHAIM CHARYTAN and MARILYN GALLER

Kidney Int 68: 1801-1807; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00598.x

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Direct and indirect costs of nephrolithiasis in an employed population: Opportunity for disease management?

CHRISTOPHER S SAIGAL, GEOFFREY JOYCE, ANGA R TIMILSINA and THE UROLOGIC DISEASES IN AMERICA PROJECT

Kidney Int 68: 1808-1814; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00599.x

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Effects of sevelamer and calcium on coronary artery calcification in patients new to hemodialysis

GEOFFREY A BLOCK, DAVID M SPIEGEL, JAMES EHRLICH, RAVINDRA MEHTA, JILL LINDBERGH, ALBERT DREISBACH and PAOLO RAGGI

Kidney Int 68: 1815-1824; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00600.x

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Plasma, urine, and renal expression of adiponectin in human systemic lupus erythematosus

BRAD H ROVIN, HUIJUAN SONG, LEE A HEBERT, TIBOR NADASDY, GYONGYI NADASDY, DANIEL J BIRMINGHAM, CHACK YUNG YU and HAIKADY N NAGARAJA

Kidney Int 68: 1825-1833; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00601.x

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BK virus nephritis: Risk factors, timing, and outcome in renal transplant recipients

BRAHM VASUDEV, SUNDARAM HARIHARAN, SYED A HUSSAIN, YONG-RAN ZHU, BARBARA A BRESNAHAN and ERIC P COHEN

Kidney Int 68: 1834-1839; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00602.x

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25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bone histomorphometry in hemodialysis renal osteodystrophy

GIORGIO COEN, DANIELA MANTELLA, MICAELA MANNI, ALESSANDRO BALDUCCI, ITALO NOFRONI, DANIELA SARDELLA, PAOLA BALLANTI and ERMANNO BONUCCI

Kidney Int 68: 1840-1848; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00603.x

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The contribution of free water transport and small pore transport to the total fluid removal in peritoneal dialysis

ALENA PARIKOVA, WATSKE SMIT, DIRK G STRUIJK, MACHTELD M ZWEERS and RAYMOND T KREDIET

Kidney Int 68: 1849-1856; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00604.x

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Increased muscle protein breakdown in chronic hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

LARA B PUPIM, PAUL J FLAKOLL, KAREN M MAJCHRZAK, DEANNA L AFTAB GUY, PETER STENVINKEL and T ALP IKIZLER

Kidney Int 68: 1857-1865; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00605.x

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A novel biological assay to detect the active form of TGF- in urine to monitor renal allograft rejection

EDITH ROGIER, ANTOINE DURRBACH, LUCILE ABECASSIS, SOPHIE FERLICOT, RENAUD SNANOUDJ, SEVERINE BAUDREUIL, NADIA ARZOUK, AIME VAZQUEZ, BERNARD CHARPENTIER and MARIE-FRANÇOISE BOURGEADE

Kidney Int 68: 1875-1883; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00607.x

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Variation in the serum creatinine assay calibration: A practical application to glomerular filtration rate estimation

KALYANI MURTHY, LESLEY A STEVENS, PAUL C STARK and ANDREW S LEVEY

Kidney Int 68: 1884-1887; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00608.x

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The blind men and the elephant

MELVIN M SCHWARTZ

Kidney Int 68: 1894-1895; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00613.x

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Combination renin-angiotensin system blackade in hypertension

TIMOTHY W R DOULTON and GRAHAM A MACGREGOR

Kidney Int 68: 1898; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cells: A new treatment option in glomerulonephritis

KATHRIN HOCHEGGER, DOMINIK WOLF and ALEXANDER R ROSENKRANZ

Kidney Int 68: 1898-1899; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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Aldosterone-mediated endothelial remodeling and oxidative stress

LORENZO A CALÒ and DECIO ARMANINI

Kidney Int 68: 1899; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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Screening for microalbuminuria

LUUK B HILBRANDS, FRANS T HUYSMANS and JACK F WETZELS

Kidney Int 68: 1899-1900; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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Reply from the Authors

PAUL E DE JONG, BARRY M BRENNER and DICK DE ZEEUW

Kidney Int 68: 1901-1902; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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Diaphragmed fenestrae in the glomerular endothelium versus nondiaphragmed fenestrae in the hepatic endothelium

FILIP BRAET and LILIAN L SOON

Kidney Int 68: 1902; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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BARBARA J BALLERMANN

Kidney Int 68: 1902-1903; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578.x

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