Issue 2/2012
Content (29 Articles)
Chronic kidney disease prevention—a challenge for Asian countries: report of the Third Asian Forum of Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives
Jer-Ming Chang, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Hung-Chun Chen
A treatment dilemma in adult immunoglobulin A nephropathy: what is the appropriate target, preservation of kidney function or induction of clinical remission?
Hirokazu Imai, Naoto Miura
Involvement of glomerular renin−angiotensin system (RAS) activation in the development and progression of glomerular injury
Shoji Kagami
The effect of renal administration of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor or stable prostaglandin I2 analog on the progression of sclerotic glomerulonephritis in rats
Yukiko Nozawa, Ayako Sato, Hoglan Piao, Tetsuo Morioka, Ichiei Narita, Takashi Oite
Comparison of inhibitors of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAS) and combination therapy of steroids plus RAS inhibitors for patients with advanced immunoglobulin A nephropathy and impaired renal function
Takahito Moriyama, Kayu Nakayama, Ayami Ochi, Nobuyuki Amemiya, Yuki Tsuruta, Chiari Kojima, Mitsuyo Itabashi, Takashi Takei, Keiko Uchida, Kosaku Nitta
Lipoprotein lipase deficiency in chronic kidney disease is accompanied by down-regulation of endothelial GPIHBP1 expression
Nosratola D. Vaziri, Jun Yuan, Zhenmin Ni, Susanne B. Nicholas, Keith C. Norris
Risk factor profiles based on estimated glomerular filtration rate and dipstick proteinuria among participants of the Specific Health Check and Guidance System in Japan 2008
Kunitoshi Iseki, Koichi Asahi, Toshiki Moriyama, Kunihiro Yamagata, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideaki Yoshida, Shoichi Fujimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Issei Kurahashi, Yasuo Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Gene polymorphisms contributing to hypertension in immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Maki Shinzawa, Ryohei Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Tatsuya Shoji, Yoshitsugu Obi, Tomoko Namba, Harumi Kitamura, Tetsuya Kaneko, Noriyuki Okada, Hirotsugu Iwatani, Atsushi Yamauchi, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Enyu Imai, Yoshitaka Isaka, Hiromi Rakugi
Weight gain after 20 years of age is associated with prevalence of chronic kidney disease
Minako Wakasugi, Ichiei Narita, Kunitoshi Iseki, Toshiki Moriyama, Kunihiro Yamagata, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideaki Yoshida, Shoichi Fujimoto, Koichi Asahi, Issei Kurahashi, Yasuo Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Antihypertensive effect of a fixed-dose combination of losartan /hydrochlorothiazide in patients with uncontrolled hypertension: a multicenter study
Tatsuo Hosoya, Satoru Kuriyama, Iwao Ohno, Tetsuya Kawamura, Makoto Ogura, Masato Ikeda, Masahiro Ishikawa, Fumihiro Hayashi, Tatsuya Kanai, Haruo Tomonari, Michimasa Soejima, Kiyoaki Akaba, Goro Tokudome
Cost-effectiveness of chronic kidney disease mass screening test in Japan
Masahide Kondo, Kunihiro Yamagata, Shu-Ling Hoshi, Chie Saito, Koichi Asahi, Toshiki Moriyama, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideaki Yoshida, Kunitoshi Iseki, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Number of enlarged parathyroid glands might be a predictor of cinacalcet response in advanced secondary hyperparathyroidism
Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiroaki Ogata, Masahide Mizobuchi, Noriyo Yoshida, Chiaki Kumata-Maeta, Fumihiko Koiwa, Kanji Shishido, Eriko Kinugasa
Anti-PF4/heparin antibodies are associated with arteriovenous fistula thrombosis in non-diabetic hemodialysis patients
Yueh-Feng Tsai, Chien-An Chen, Chieh Kuo, Kao-Chang Lin
Gitelman syndrome: novel mutation and long-term follow-up
Aditi Sinha, Petr Lněnička, Biswanath Basu, Ashima Gulati, Pankaj Hari, Arvind Bagga
Sunitinib-induced nephrotic syndrome and irreversible renal dysfunction
Daiei Takahashi, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Yukio Tsuura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Teiichi Tamura
A case of acute renal failure after exercise with renal hypouricemia demonstrated compound heterozygous mutations of uric acid transporter 1
Ayami Ochi, Takashi Takei, Akiko Ichikawa, Chiari Kojima, Takahito Moriyama, Mitsuyo Itabashi, Toshio Mochizuki, Atsuo Taniguchi, Kosaku Nitta
Biopsy-proven vancomycin-associated interstitial nephritis and acute tubular necrosis
Naing Lin Htike, Jerome Santoro, Brett Gilbert, I. Bruce Elfenbein, Geoffrey Teehan
Oligomeganephronia in an adult without end stage renal failure
Yoshinobu Fuke, Seiichiro Hemmi, Mamiko Kajiwara, Minako Yabuki, Takayuki Fujita, Masayoshi Soma
Relapse of minimal change disease following infection with the 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) virus
Seo Rin Kim, Soo Bong Lee, Il Young Kim, Dong Won Lee, Harin Rhee, Eun Young Seong, Sang Heon Song, Ihm Soo Kwak
Aliskiren-associated acute kidney injury in a patient with pre-existing chronic kidney disease and dilated cardiomyopathy
Junji Yamauchi, Yugo Shibagaki, Keita Uehara, Takashi Yasuda, Kenjiro Kimura
A case of idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with a transient glomerular deposition of nephritis-associated plasmin receptor antigen
Masahiro Okabe, Nobuo Tsuboi, Takashi Yokoo, Yoichi Miyazaki, Yasunori Utsunomiya, Tatsuo Hosoya
Automated peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis due to Salmonella enteritidis in a pediatric patient
Enrico Vidal, Antonio Marzollo, Martina Betto, Luisa Murer
Cerebral hemorrhage due to internal jugular vein stenosis in a hemodialysis patient
Manish K. Saha, Tarek Hamieh, Brian Larkin, William Mcmillan
Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor in a kidney transplant recipient
Haiyan Tu, Qi Li, Jieru Cai, Zhimin Chen, Hao Yang, Hong Jiang, Youying Mao, Zhangfei Shou, Jianghua Chen
A break in the glomerular basement membrane in Churg–Strauss syndrome
Kana Iwazu, Tetsu Akimoto, Yuka Kishaba, Tatsuo Sakurai, Eiji Kusano
Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin clearance during venovenous hemodiafiltration
Naoya Iguchi, Akinori Uchiyama, Kikumi Hosotsubo, Yuji Fujino
What should be the indications for fibrinolytic therapy in children with severe Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis?
Se Jin Park, Jae Il Shin
Glomerular collapse in a direct topographic relationship with patchy cortical infarction in a native nephrectomy specimen
Muhammed Mubarak, Javed I. Kazi