Table of contents
March 2006 Volume 2 No 3
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Editorial
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Viewpoints
Transcriptional profiling to assess the clinical status of kidney transplants
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Research Highlights
Sonography is not a suitable method for assessing short-term disease progression in ADPKD
120Are renoprotection guidelines followed in elderly patients with diabetes?
120Do ACE inhibitors and ARBs have specific renoprotective effects?
120Renal apoA-I amyloidosis is a rare disease that is difficult to recognize
121Plasma exchange does not ameliorate myeloma-induced acute renal failure
121FOXP3 mRNA in the urine of renal allograft recipients predicts outcome of acute rejection
122Allocation of expanded criteria donor kidneys: should the system be revised?
122Minimizing post-transplantation weight gain would improve kidney graft survival
123Meta-analysis of methods used to prevent post-transplantation CMV-related complications
123doi:10.1038/ncpneph0106 | Full Text | PDF (101K)
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Practice Points
Does statin pretreatment reduce the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy?
124Can diffusion-weighted MRI without breath-holding be used to evaluate renal abnormalities?
126Does the risk of death differ between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients?
128Does sevelamer have greater skeletal benefit than calcium carbonate in children with secondary hyperparathyroidism?
130What is the impact of blood-pressure control on cardiovascular events in patients with diabetic nephropathy?
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Reviews
Hypophosphatemia: an evidence-based approach to its clinical consequences and management
136doi:10.1038/ncpneph0124 | Full Text | PDF (274K)
Modulation of renal cell injury by heat shock proteins: lessons learned from the immature kidney
149doi:10.1038/ncpneph0117 | Full Text | PDF (517K)
Obstructive nephropathy: towards biomarker discovery and gene therapy
157doi:10.1038/ncpneph0098 | Full Text | PDF (536K)
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Case Study
Alcoholic cirrhosis-associated hepatorenal syndrome treated with vasoactive agents
169doi:10.1038/ncpneph0114 | Full Text | PDF (129K)
