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BMC Nephrology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of kidney and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Nephrology (ISSN 1471-2369) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :12
Adrian Covic and and Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir discuss the implications of imbalance of trace elements caused by hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease, based on a paper published this month in BMC Medicine.
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :7
Using citrate instead of acetate as a dialysate in bicarbonate hemodialysis improves both efficiency and hemodynamics, by decreasing peripheral resistance and reducing blood pressure, especially in hypertensive patients, without adversely affecting coagulation.
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :6
Long-term survival during treatment with maintenance hemodialysis is maximized in patients with relatively high hemoglobin levels and enhanced by moderate treatment with intravenous iron but epoetin-alpha gives only a minor further improvement.
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Research article
Age-related associations of hypertension and diabetes mellitus with chronic kidney disease Tareq M Islam, Caroline S Fox, Devin Mann, Paul Muntner BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :17 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Accuracy and limitations of equations for predicting of the glomerular filtration rate during follow-up of patients with non-diabetic nephropathies Guy Rostoker, Pierre Andrivet, Isabelle Pham, Mireille Griuncelli, Serge Adnot BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :16 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessment of arterial stiffness, oxidative stress and inflammation in acute kidney injury Robert G Fassett, Vincent D'Intini, Helen Healy, John Gowardman, Jay-Sen Gan, James E Sharman, Jeff S Coombes BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :15 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Intravenous versus oral iron supplementation for correction of post-transplant anaemia in renal transplant patients David W Mudge, Ken-Soon Tan, Rhianna Miles, David W Johnson, Scott B Campbell, Carmel M Hawley, Nicole M Isbel, Carolyn L Van Eps, David L Nicol BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :14 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A human glomerular SAGE transcriptome database Jenny Nystrom, Wolfgang Fierlbeck, Anna Granqvist, Stephen C Kulak, Barbara J Ballermann BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :13 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Trace elements in end-stage renal disease Adrian Covic, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :12 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Diagnostic yield of renal biopsies: a retrospective single center review Bari Scheckner, Alexandra Peyser, Jacob Rube, Freya Tarapore, Rachel Frank, Suzanne Vento, Cathy Hoffman, Elsa Valderrama, Douglas Charney, Beatrice Goilav, Howard Trachtman BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :11 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: a longitudinal study Wilfried Karmaus, Plamen Dimitrov, Valeri Simeonov, Svetla Tsolova, Vecihi Batuman BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :10 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genetic polymorphisms of angiotensin-2 type 1 receptor and angiotensinogen and risk of renal dysfunction and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus Julie Lin, Frank B Hu, Lu Qi, Gary C Curhan BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :9 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and arterial stiffness between incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients Robert G Fassett, Ritza Driver, Helen Healy, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, Sharad Ratanjee, Iain K Robertson, Dominic P Geraghty, James E Sharman, Jeff S Coombes BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :8 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Serum Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 are early biomarkers of acute kidney injury and predict prolonged mechanical ventilation in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a case-control study Kathleen D Liu, Christopher Altmann, Gerard Smits, Catherine D Krawczeski, Charles L Edelstein, Prasad Devarajan, Sarah Faubel Critical Care 2009, 13 :R104 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterization in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease: a randomized clinical trial Manouchehr Amini, Mojtaba Salarifar, Alireza Amirbaigloo, Farzad Masoudkabir, Fatemeh Esfahani Trials 2009, 10 :45 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Possible mechanisms of kidney repair Paola Romagnani, Raghu Kalluri Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2009, 2 :3 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of a supplement rich in alkaline minerals on acid-base balance in humans Daniel K Nutrition Journal 2009, 8 :23 (10 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Anti-C1q antibodies antedate patent active glomerulonephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Olivier C Meyer, Pascale Nicaise-Roland, Nolwenn Cadoudal, Sabine Grootenboer-Mignot, Elisabeth Palazzo, Gilles Hayem, Philippe Dieud Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11 :R87 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hepatitis B and C in dialysis units in Kosova Skender Telaku, Hajrullah Fejza, Ymer Elezi, Teuta Bicaj Virology Journal 2009, 6 :72 (4 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors associated with low bone mass in the hemodialysis patients Guey-Shiun Huang, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Meei-Fang Lou, Shiow-Li Hwang, Rong-Sen Yang BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :60 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Acetylcystein for Contrast-Induced nephropaThy (ACT) Trial: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of acetylcysteine for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy The ACT Trial Investigators Trials 2009, 10 :38 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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VITA-D: Cholecalciferol substitution in vitamin D deficient kidney transplant recipients: A randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the post-transplant outcome Ursula Thiem, Georg Heinze, Rudolf Segel, Thomas Perkmann, Franz Kainberger, Ferdinand M Trials 2009, 10 :36 (29 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trace elements in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis Marcello Tonelli, Natasha Wiebe, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Scott Klarenbach, Catherine Field, Braden Manns, Ravi Thadhani, John Gill, The Alberta Kidney Disease Network BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :25 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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