TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 75, Issue 112s (February 2009)
HUS/TTP Update 2008 Symposium
Introduction
HUS/TTP update: 2008
William F Clark
Kidney Int 75: S1-S3; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.607
Reviews
Host and pathogen determinants of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome
Mohamed A Karmali
Kidney Int 75: S4-S7; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.608
The thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndromes: overview of pathogenesis (Experience of The Oklahoma TTP-HUS Registry, 1989–2007)
James N George
Kidney Int 75: S8-S10; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.609
Mechanisms of microvascular thrombosis in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Han-Mou Tsai
Kidney Int 75: S11-S14; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.610
Mechanism of microthrombosis in HUS
Gail A Rock and William F Clark
Kidney Int 75: S15-S16; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.611
Verotoxin biology: molecular events in vascular endothelial injury
Tania N Petruzziello, Imtiaz A Mawji, Mukarram Khan and Philip A Marsden
Kidney Int 75: S17-S19; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.612
Ticlopidine- and clopidogrel-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): review of clinical, laboratory, epidemiological, and pharmacovigilance findings (1989–2008)
Anaadriana Zakarija, Hau C Kwaan, Joel L Moake, Nicholas Bandarenko, Dilip K Pandey, June M McKoy, Paul R Yarnold, Dennis W Raisch, Jeffrey L Winters, Thomas J Raife, John F Cursio, Thanh Ha Luu, Elizabeth A Richey, Matthew J Fisher, Thomas L Ortel, Martin S Tallman, X Long Zheng, Masanori Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Fujimura and Charles L Bennett
Kidney Int 75: S20-S24; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.613
Experiences with HUS in Canada: what have we learned about childhood HUS in Canada?
Peter N McLaine, Peter C Rowe and Elaine Orrbine
Kidney Int 75: S25-S28; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.614
Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: distinct mechanisms of pathogenesis
Phillip I Tarr
Kidney Int 75: S29-S32; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.615
Factors that led to the Walkerton tragedy
Marina I Salvadori, Jessica M Sontrop, Amit X Garg, Louise M Moist, Rita S Suri and William F Clark
Kidney Int 75: S33-S34; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.616
An outbreak of diarrhea-associated childhood hemolytic uremic syndrome: the Walkerton epidemic
Douglas G Matsell and Colin T White
Kidney Int 75: S35-S37; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.628
Renal prognosis of toxigenic Escherichia coli infection
Amit X Garg, Marina Salvadori, Louise M Moist, Rita S Suri and William F Clark
Kidney Int 75: S38-S41; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.617
Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following water contamination
John K Marshall
Kidney Int 75: S42-S43; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.618
Relationship between Escherichia coli O157:H7 and diabetes mellitus
Rita S Suri, Jeffrey L Mahon, William F Clark, Louise M Moist, Marina Salvadori and Amit X Garg
Kidney Int 75: S44-S46; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.619
Risk of pregnancy-related hypertension within five years of exposure to bacteria-contaminated drinking water
Louise M Moist, Jessica M Sontrop, Amit X Garg, William F Clark, Rita S Suri, Marina Salvadori, Robert J Gratton and Jennifer Macnab
Kidney Int 75: S47-S49; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.620
TTP/HUS: observational studies generate hypotheses that lead to randomized controlled trials
William F Clark, Brian R Forzley, Jessica M Sontrop, Albert Kadri, Louise M Moist, Rita S Suri, Marina S Salvadori and Amit X Garg
Kidney Int 75: S50-S51; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.621
The thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndromes: evaluation, management, and long-term outcomes experience of the Oklahoma TTP-HUS Registry, 1989–2007
James N George
Kidney Int 75: S52-S54; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.622
A Canadian phase II study evaluating the efficacy of rituximab in the management of patients with relapsed/refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Stephen R Foley, Kathryn Webert, Donald M Arnold, Gail A Rock, William F Clark, David Barth and David M Sutton Members of the Canadian Apheresis Group (CAG)
Kidney Int 75: S55-S58; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.629
TTP/HUS and prognosis: the syndrome and the disease(s)
Brian R Forzley and William F Clark
Kidney Int 75: S59-S61; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.623
