ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN-DEPTH REVIEW

Use of Base in the Treatment of Severe Acidemic StatesJeffrey A. Kraut and Ira Kurtz

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Predicting Progression in IgA NephropathyLukasz P. Bartosik, Ginette Lajoie, Linda Sugar, and Daniel C. Cattran

Tonsillectomy and Steroid Pulse Therapy Significantly Impact on ClinicalRemission in Patients With IgA Nephropathy

Osamu Hotta, Mariko Miyazaki, Takashi Furuta, Sachiko Tomioka, Shigemi Chiba,Ikuo Horigome, Keishi Abe, and Yoshio Taguma

Comparison of Cross-Sectional Renal Function Measurements in AfricanAmericans With Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis and of Primary Formulas toEstimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

Julia Lewis, Lawrence Agodoa, DeAnna Cheek, Tom Greene, John Middleton,Daniel O’Connor, Akinlou Ojo, Robert Phillips, Mohammed Sika, and Jackson Wright, Jr,for the African-American Study of Hypertension and Kidney Disease

Long-Term Treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in ChildrenWith Cyclosporine Given as a Single Daily Dose

Aftab S. Chishti, Jonathan M. Sorof, Eileen D. Brewer, and Arundhati S. Kale

Tubular Phenotypic Change in Progressive Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis inHuman Glomerulonephritis

Kiichiro Jinde, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Xiao R. Huang, Hideto Sakai, Kiyoshi Kurokawa,Robert C. Atkins, and Hui Y. Lan

Familial Clustering of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in AutosomalDominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Mark M. Belz, Richard L. Hughes, William D. Kaehny, Ann M. Johnson,Godela M. Fick-Brosnahan, Michael P. Earnest, and Patricia A. Gabow

Ne-(Carboxymethyl)lysine Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes:Role of Renal Function

Zoltan Wagner, Istvan Wittmann, Istvan Mazak, Reinhard Schinzel, August Heidland,Rosemarie Kientsch-Engel, and Judit Nagy

AJKD FORTHCOMINGARTICLES/OCTOBER

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A Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate Immunomodulatory Effects ofParicalcitol

Sharon M. Moe, Mindaugas Zekonis, Jaroslaw Harezlak, Walter T. Ambrosius,Christine M. Gassensmith, Cynthia L. Murphy, Regina R. Russell, and Thomas D. Batiuk

Anemia: An Early Complication of Chronic Renal InsufficiencyWaqar H. Kazmi, Annamaria T. Kausz, Samina Khan, Rekha Abichandani, Robin Ruthhazer,Gregorio T. Obrador, and Brian J.G. Pereira

Duration of Dialysis and Its Relationship to Dialysis Adequacy, AnemiaManagement, and Serum Albumin Level

Michael V. Rocco, Marjorie R. Bedinger, Roger Milam, Joel W. Greer, William M. McClellan,and Diane L. Frankenfield

Extent and Sources of Geographic Variation in Medicare End-Stage RenalDisease Expenditures

Richard A. Hirth, Philip J. Tedeschi, and John R.C. Wheeler

Role of Bioimpedance Spectroscopy in the Assessment of Body WaterCompartments in Hemodialysis Patients

Petronella L. Cox-Reijven, Jeroen P. Kooman, Peter B. Soeters, Frank M. van der Sande,and Karel M.L. Leunissen

Depression and Marital Dissatisfaction in Patients With End-Stage RenalDisease and in Their Spouses

Beth Daneker, Paul L. Kimmel, Tedine Ranich, and Rolf A. Peterson

Attitudes of Patients Toward Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in theDialysis Unit

Alvin H. Moss, Ossama Hozayen, Karren King, Jean L. Holley, and Rebecca J. Schmidt

Buzz in the Axilla: A New Physical Sign in Hemodialysis Forearm GraftEvaluation

Grant McDougal and Rajiv Agarwal

A Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of a Spontaneous HemodialysisCatheter Fracture

Marcel C. Weijmer, Saskia M. Kars, and Piet M. ter Wee

Creatinine Excretion in Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis: A Systematic Error ofthe Cockroft-Gault Formula

Antonios H. Tzamaloukas and Glen H. Murata

Peritoneal Dialysis Fluids With a Physiologic pH Based on Either Lactate orBicarbonate Buffer-Effects on Human Mesothelial Cells

Jorg Plum, Peter Razeghi, Reza Mohammad Lordnejad, Andreas Perniok, Markus Fleisch,Andreas Fußholler, Mathias Schneider, and Bernd Grabensee

Acute Oxalate Nephropathy Induced by Star Fruit in RatsHua-Chang Fang, Chien-Liang Chen, Jyh-Seng Wang, Kang-Ju Chou, Yee-Shuan Chiou,Po-Tsang Lee, Jeng-Hsien Yeh, Mei-Yin Yeh, and Hsiao-Min Chung

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CASE REPORT

Survival After End-Stage Renal Disease in Autosomal Dominant PolycysticKidney Disease: Contribution of Extrarenal Complications to Mortality

Ronald D. Perrone, Robin Ruthazer, and Norma C. Terrin

JOURNAL CLUB

Transforming Growth Factor-b as a Target for Treatment in DiabeticNephropathy

Discussion: David P. BasileAuthor’s Reply: Fuad N. Ziyadeh

A New Role for Progesterone: An Agonist for Mineralcorticoid ReceptorActivation and Pregnancy-Related Hypertension

Discussion: John P. Hayslett

RENAL BIOPSY TEACHING CASE

An Uncommon Disease in a Patient With a Solitary KidneyMichael Coleman, Jr, Robert Horn, and Simin Goral

NEPHROLOGY ETHICS FORUM

Discontinuing Immunosuppression in a Child With a Renal Transplant: AreThere Limits to Withdrawing Life Support?

Principal Discussant: Robert D. Truog

AJKD ELECTRONIC PAGES(Available only online at www.ajkd.org)

ATLAS OF RENAL PATHOLOGY NO. 46

Type III Collagen Glomerulopathy (Collagenofibrotic Glomerulopathy)Agnes Fogo

CME EXERCISE

Continuing Medical Education Exercise, October 2001Donald A. Molony, Kevin W. Finkel, and Jeremy J. Gitomer

CASE REPORTS

Rhabdomyolysis: An Unusual Feature With Mushroom PoisoningPo-Tsang Lee, Ming-Ling Wu, Wei-Jen Tsai, Jiin Ger, Jou-Fang Deng, and Hsiao-Min Chung

Shunt Nephritis From Propionibacterium acnes in a Solitary KidneyRasheed A. Balogun, Joseph Palmisano, Andre A. Kaplan, Humera Khurshid, Harold Yamase,and Nancy D. Adams

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A Successfully Treated Case of Disseminated Tuberculosis–AssociatedHemophagocytic Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Shin Goto, Ikuo Aoike, Yoko Shibasaki, Takashi Morita, Shigeru Miyazaki, Takeaki Shimizu,and Masashi Suzuki

Linezolid for Treatment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal PeritonitisElaine M. Bailey, Mark D. Faber, and Daniel A. Nafziger

CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY TEACHING CASES

Acute Renal Failure Secondary to Spontaneous Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome inMyelofibrosis

Saba Sile and Barry M. Wall

Two Cases of Non-0157: H7 Escherichia coli Hemolytic Uremic SyndromeCaused by Urinary Tract Infection

Marie C. Hogan, James M. Gloor, James R. Uhl, Franklin R. Cocherill, and Dawn S. Milliner

Indinavir Nephropathy Revisited: A Pattern of Insidious Renal Failure WithIdentifiable Risk Factors

Robert F. Reilly, Kory Tray, and Mark A. Perazella