Nephrology Hall of Fame:

Introduction: Nephrology Hall of Fame for CJASN

William M. Bennett, Harold I. Feldman, and Mohamed H. Sayegh
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. Merrill: The Father of Nephrology as a Specialty

Murray Epstein
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 2-8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

CJASN Matures to a Monthly Journal

William M. Bennett, Harold I. Feldman, and Mohamed H. Sayegh
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Developmental Origins of Renal Disease: Should Nephron Protection Begin at Birth?

Susan P. Bagby
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 10-13. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Egg on the Table

Junichiro J. Kazama and Yoshikatsu Kaneko
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 14-15. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Must Health Literacy Be a Prerequisite for Kidney Transplantation?

Robert S. Gaston
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 16-17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Presse Rénale:

Towards Therapy in Genetic Kidney Diseases: Hopes and Uncertainties

Jean-Pierre Grünfeld
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 18-21. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Immunology and Pathology:

Dense Deposit Disease: Clinicopathologic Study of 32 Pediatric and Adult Patients

Samih H. Nasr, Anthony M. Valeri, Gerald B. Appel, Julius Sherwinter, Michael B. Stokes, Samar M. Said, Glen S. Markowitz, and Vivette D. D'Agati
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 22-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Nephrology:

Health-Related Quality of Life and Hemoglobin Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Fredric O. Finkelstein, Kenneth Story, Catherine Firanek, David Mendelssohn, Paul Barre, Tomoko Takano, Steven Soroka, and Salim Mujais
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 33-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phase I Trial of Rosiglitazone in FSGS: I. Report of the FONT Study Group

Melanie S. Joy, Debbie S. Gipson, Mary Dike, Leslie Powell, Amber Thompson, Suzanne Vento, Allison Eddy, Agnes B. Fogo, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Daniel Cattran, and Howard Trachtman
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 39-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anemia and Risk of Hospitalization in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease

Amy O. Staples, Craig S. Wong, Jodi M. Smith, Debbie S. Gipson, Guido Filler, Bradley A. Warady, Karen Martz, and Larry A. Greenbaum
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 48-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iron Indices in Chronic Kidney Disease in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey 1988–2004

Steven Fishbane, Simcha Pollack, Harold I. Feldman, and Marshall M. Joffe
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 57-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetes and the Kidney:

Serum Concentrations of Markers of TNF and Fas-Mediated Pathways and Renal Function in Nonproteinuric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Monika A. Niewczas, Linda H. Ficociello, Amanda C. Johnson, William Walker, Elizabeth T. Rosolowsky, Bijan Roshan, James H. Warram, and Andrzej S. Krolewski
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 62-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnosis:

Very Low Birth Weight is a Risk Factor for Secondary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Jeffrey B. Hodgin, Majid Rasoulpour, Glen S. Markowitz, and Vivette D. D'Agati
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 71-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of Iothalamate Plasma Clearance: Duration of Study Affects Quality of GFR

Rajiv Agarwal, Jennifer E. Bills, Paulos M. Yigazu, Terri Abraham, Andinet B. Gizaw, Robert P. Light, Dagim M. Bekele, and Getachew G. Tegegne
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 77-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dialysis:

Outcomes of Brachiocephalic Fistulas, Transposed Brachiobasilic Fistulas, and Upper Arm Grafts

Ivan D. Maya, Jeremy C. O'Neal, Carlton J. Young, Jill Barker-Finkel, and Michael Allon
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 86-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Control of Core Temperature and Blood Pressure Stability during Hemodialysis

Frank M. van der Sande, Grzegorz Wystrychowski, Jeroen P. Kooman, Laura Rosales, Jochen Raimann, Peter Kotanko, Mary Carter, Christopher T. Chan, Karel M.L. Leunissen, and Nathan W. Levin
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 93-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correlation of Point-of-Care International Normalized Ratio to Laboratory International Normalized Ratio in Hemodialysis Patients Taking Warfarin

Robert W. Hoel, Robert C. Albright, Lisa K. Beyer, Paula J. Santrach, Donna L. Magtibay, Stephanie L. Everson, and Robert D. McBane
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 99-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Ferritin Level Remains a Reliable Marker of Bone Marrow Iron Stores Evaluated by Histomorphometry in Hemodialysis Patients

Lillian A. Rocha, Daniela V. Barreto, Fellype C. Barreto, Cristiane B. Dias, Rosa Moysés, Maria Regina R. Silva, Luiz A. R. Moura, Sérgio A. Draibe, Vanda Jorgetti, Aluízio B. Carvalho, and Maria Eugênia F. Canziani
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 105-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Additive Effects of Soluble TWEAK and Inflammation on Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

Juan J. Carrero, Alberto Ortiz, Abdul R. Qureshi, Jose L. Martín-Ventura, Peter Bárány, Olof Heimbürger, Belén Marrón, George Metry, Sunna Snaedal, Bengt Lindholm, Jesús Egido, Peter Stenvinkel, and Luis M. Blanco-Colio
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 110-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Determination and Validation of Aortic Calcification Measurement from Lateral Bone Densitometry in Dialysis Patients

Nigel D. Toussaint, Kenneth K. Lau, Boyd J. Strauss, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, and Peter G. Kerr
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 119-127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Significant Correlation between Ankle-Brachial Index and Vascular Access Failure in Hemodialysis Patients

Szu-Chia Chen, Jer-Ming Chang, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Jer-Chia Tsai, Chuan-Sheng Wang, Hsiu-Chin Mai, Feng-Hsien Lin, Ho-Ming Su, and Hung-Chun Chen
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 128-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Age on Peritonitis Risk in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: An Era Effect

Sharon J. Nessim, Joanne M. Bargman, Peter C. Austin, Ken Story, and Sarbjit V. Jassal
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 135-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative ₁-Antitrypsin in Patients on Hemodialysis

Hirokazu Honda, Masashi Ueda, Shiho Kojima, Shinichi Mashiba, Yuki Hirai, Nozomu Hosaka, Hiroki Suzuki, Masanori Mukai, Makoto Watanabe, Keiko Takahashi, Kanji Shishido, and Tadao Akizawa
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 142-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology and Outcomes:

Regional Variation in Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Trends Over Time

Harini A. Chakkera, Glenn M. Chertow, Ann M. O'Hare, William J. Amend, Jr., and Thomas A. Gonwa
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 152-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effects of Kidney-Disease-Related Loss on Long-Term Dialysis Patients’ Depression and Quality of Life: Positive Affect as a Mediator

Ramony Chan, Robert Brooks, Jonathan Erlich, Josephine Chow, and Michael Suranyi
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 160-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mild Fetal Renal Pelvis Dilatation—Much Ado About Nothing?

Daljit K. Hothi, Angie S. Wade, Ruth Gilbert, and Paul J. D. Winyard
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 168-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mineral Metabolism and Bone Disease:

Lanthanum Carbonate Reduces Phosphorus Burden in Patients with CKD Stages 3 and 4: A Randomized Trial

Stuart M. Sprague, Hanna Abboud, Ping Qiu, Matthew Dauphin, Pinggao Zhang, and William Finn
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 178-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Serum Intact Parathyroid Hormone with Lower Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Paul Muntner, Tiffany M. Jones, Amanda D. Hyre, Michal L. Melamed, Arnold Alper, Paolo Raggi, and Mary B. Leonard
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 186-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renal Transplantation:

Health Literacy and Access to Kidney Transplantation

Vanessa Grubbs, Steven E. Gregorich, Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, and Chi-yuan Hsu
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 195-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Split Liver-Kidney Transplant for Factor H Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Jeffrey M. Saland, Benjamin L. Shneider, Jonathan S. Bromberg, Patricia A. Shi, Stephen C. Ward, Margret S. Magid, Corinne Benchimol, Mouin G. Seikaly, Sukru H. Emre, Elena Bresin, and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 201-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

In-Depth Reviews:

Hepatitis C Infection and Chronic Renal Diseases

Norberto Perico, Dario Cattaneo, Boris Bikbov, and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 207-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bisphosphonates in Chronic Kidney Disease; Balancing Potential Benefits and Adverse Effects on Bone and Soft Tissue

Nigel D. Toussaint, Grahame J. Elder, and Peter G. Kerr
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 221-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in CKD Patients with Cinacalcet and/or Vitamin D Derivatives

Tilman B. Drüeke and Eberhard Ritz
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 234-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Feature:

Nephrology Training Programs and Applicants: A Very Good Match

Donald E. Kohan and Mark E. Rosenberg
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 4: 242-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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