Table of contents
December 2005 Volume 1 No 2
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Editorial
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Viewpoint
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Research Highlights
Locking catheters with trisodium citrate reduces infection during hemodialysis
64Birth weight, gestational age and the risk of renal disease
64Parathyroidectomy might reduce cardiovascular calcification in dialysis patients
64RAS gene mutations linked to autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis
65Equation improves dialysis management of methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning
65BOLD MRI in the detection of early renal transplant rejection
66A link between pediatric mitochondrial diseases and renal disorders
66Enzymes plus detergent effective in cleaning hemodialysis machines
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Practice Points
Can serial measurements of cystatin C accurately detect early renal function decline?
68Does full versus partial correction of anemia have additional cardiac benefit in incident hemodialysis patients?
70Can urine polypeptide profiles be used to diagnose IgA nephropathy?
72How does alemtuzumab affect long-term graft and patient outcomes after deceased-donor kidney transplantation?
74Is tacrolimus associated with fewer surgical complications than ciclosporin after kidney–pancreas transplantation?
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Reviews
Hypothesis: fructose-induced hyperuricemia as a causal mechanism for the epidemic of the metabolic syndrome
80doi:10.1038/ncpneph0019 | Full Text | PDF (177K)
Mechanisms of Disease: cell death in acute renal failure and emerging evidence for a protective role of erythropoietin
87doi:10.1038/ncpneph0042 | Full Text | PDF (217K)
Top of pageCystic kidney disease, chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and TCF2 (HNF1
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Case Study
Cystic kidney disease, chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and TCF2 (HNF1
) mutations
115doi:10.1038/ncpneph0054 | Full Text | PDF (335K)
