Pediatric Nephrology

Steroid preservation: the rationale for continued prescribing

Stephen D. Marks, Richard S. Trompeter

The use of levo-carnitine in children with renal disease: a review and a call for future studies

Brook Belay, Nora Esteban-Cruciani, Christine A. Walsh, Frederick J. Kaskel

Teaching molecular genetics: Chapter 2—Transgenesis and gene targeting: mouse models to study gene function and expression

Nanna Claij, Dorien J. M. Peters

A patient with hematuria and cystic renal mass: Question

Hyun Soo Ko, Norbert Graf, Hans-Jürgen Brambs, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Ivo Leuschner, Jochen Tröger, Jens-Peter Schenk

A patient with hematuria and cystic renal mass: Answer

Hyun Soo Ko, Norbert Graf, Hans-Jürgen Brambs, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Ivo Leuschner, Jochen Tröger, Jens-Peter Schenk

In vitro analysis of the effect of hyperbilirubinemia on rabbit ureter and bladder

Nergis Murat, Belde Kasap, Salih Kavukcu, Alper Soylu, Mehmet Türkmen, Sedef Gidener

Glomerular expression of transforming growth factor–β (TGF-β) isoforms in mice lacking CD2-associated protein

Robert P. Woroniecki, Mario Schiffer, Andrey S. Shaw, Frederick J. Kaskel, Erwin P. Bottinger

Oedema with proteinuria in Gambian children—a descriptive study

Hilary A. Archer, Marianne van der Sande, Peter Hoyer, Tessa Goetghebuer, Keith P. W. J. McAdam, Udo Vester, Melanie J. Newport

Differential risk of remission and ESRD in childhood FSGS

Debbie S. Gipson, Hyunsook Chin, Trevor P. Presler, Caroline Jennette, Maria E. Ferris, Susan Massengill, Keisha Gibson, David B. Thomas

Prophylactic calcium and vitamin D treatments in steroid-treated children with nephrotic syndrome

Mustafa Bak, Erkin Serdaroglu, Rengin Guclu

“Bartter-like” phenotype in Kearns–Sayre syndrome

Francesco Emma, Carla Pizzini, Alessandra Tessa, Silvia Di Giandomenico, Andrea Onetti-Muda, Filippo M. Santorelli, Enrico Bertini, Gianfranco Rizzoni

Urinary aquaporin-2 in children with acute pyelonephritis

Elena A. Rodionova, Alla A. Kuznetsova, Elena I. Shakhmatova, Natalia Prutskova, Søren Nielsen, Ulla Holtbäck, Yuri Natochin, Marina Zelenina

Compensatory renal growth due to neonatal ureteral obstruction: implications for clinical studies

Kee Hwan Yoo, Barbara A. Thornhill, Michael S. Forbes, Robert L. Chevalier

E. coli virulence factors in children with neurogenic bladder associated with bacteriuria

Eliana B. M. Guidoni, Vanessa A. Dalpra, Patrícia Maria Figueiredo, Domingos da Silva Leite, Lycia Mara J. Mímica, Tomomasa Yano, Jesus E. Blanco, Julio Toporovski

Carbon monoxide prevents apoptosis induced by uropathogenic Escherichia coli toxins

Ming Chen, Roshan Tofighi, Wenjie Bao, Olle Aspevall, Timo Jahnukainen, Lars E. Gustafsson, Sandra Ceccatelli, Gianni Celsi

Brachydactyly short-stature hypertension syndrome: a case with associated vascular malformations

Murat Derbent, Esra Baskın, Muhteşem Ağıldere, Pinar Isık Agras, Ümit Saatçi

Changes in physical and psychosocial functioning among adolescents with chronic kidney disease

Jeffrey Fadrowski, Stephen R. Cole, Wenke Hwang, Jeffrey Fiorenza, Robert A. Weiss, Arlene Gerson, Susan L. Furth

Iatrogenic iodine as a cause of hypothyroidism in infants with end-stage renal failure

Richard Brough, Caroline Jones

Continuous peritoneal dialysis in children: a single-centre experience in a developing country

Narayan Prasad, Sanjeev Gulati, Amit Gupta, Raj Kumar Sharma, Alok Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Dhulipala V. S. Julu

Transplantation of infant en bloc kidneys into paediatric recipients

Guido F. Laube, Christian J. Kellenberger, Markus J. Kemper, Markus Weber, Thomas J. Neuhaus

Persistent secondary hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation in children

Mina Matsuda-Abedini, Anthony A. Portale, Amol Shah, John Neuhaus, Marilyn McEnhill, Robert S. Mathias

Discordant evolution of nephrotic syndrome in mono- and dizygotic twins

Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Monica Dagnino, Stefano Parodi, Cristina Zennaro, Antonio Amoroso, Francesco Pugliese, Francesco Perfumo

Clinical and molecular findings in a family with the carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome

Danny Lotan, Arik Eisenkraft, Jeffrey M. Jacobsson, Omer Bar-Yosef, Robert Kleta, Nurit Gal, Lisa Raviv-Zilka, Hagar Gore, Yair Anikster

Glomerulonephritis associated with chronic infection from long-term central venous catheterization

Shinichiro Ohara, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Kei Takano, Masato Isome, Ruriko Nozawa, Hitoshi Suzuki, Mitsuaki Hosoya

Hypoelectrolytemia due to inadequate diet

Eun-Sil Park, Ji-Hyun Seo, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy of an adrenal adenoma with myelolipoma relieves severe hypertension in a 16-year-old patient

Rana F. Ammoury, Rubina A. Heptulla, Nina Tatevian, Ewa Elenberg

Severe renovascular hypertension in an infant with congenital solitary pelvic kidney

Amira Peco-Antic, Milan Djukic, Dragan Sagic, Divna Kruscic, Zoran Krstic

Childhood membranous nephropathy in association with interstitial nephritis and Fanconi syndrome

Mohan Shenoy, Rajesh Krishnan, Nadeem Moghal

Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis: possible association with cytomegalovirus infection

Hiro Matsukura, Yasunori Itoh, Hirokazu Kanegane, Miwako Arai, Toshio Miyawaki, Gyokei Murakami

C. Ronco, R. Bellomo, A. Brendolan (eds): Sepsis, kidney and multiple organ dysfunction (Contributions to Nephrology series, vol 144) and R.M. Lindsay (ed); U. Buoncristiani, R.S. Lockridge, A. Pierratos, G.O. Ting (co-eds): Daily and nocturnal hemodialysis (Contributions to Nephrology series, vol 145)

J. M. Symons

Evidence-based management of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

Elisabeth M. Hodson, Jonathan C. Craig, Narelle S. Willis

Fourth International Conference on Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, 24 - 25 February 2006, Zurich, Switzerland