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Article Reviews/Hyperlinks by Date - Spring , 2001 |
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Article Reviews/Hyperlinks by Date - Spring , 2001 |
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Screening for primary aldosteronism without discontinuing hypertensive medications: Plasma aldosterone-renin ratio | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Renal insufficiency as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes and the impact of ramipril: The HOPE randomized trial | Ann Intern Med |
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Review: ABC of hypertension. Blood pressure measurement. Part II. Conventional sphygmomanometry: technique of auscultatory blood pressure measurement | Br Med J |
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Cardiovascular risk factors and their effects on the decision to treat hypertension: evidence-based review | Br Med J |
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Should we screen for type 2 diabetes? Evaluation against National Screening Committee Criteria | Br Med J |
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Elevated urinary albumin excretion is associated with impaired arterial dilatory capacity in clinically healthy subjects | Circulation |
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Low-dose metoprolol CR/XL and fluvastatin slow progression of carotid intima-media thickness | Circulation |
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Relation of a common methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation and plasma homocysteine with intimal hyperplasia after coronary stenting | Circulation |
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Serum vitamin C concentration is low in peripheral arterial disease and is associated with inflammation and severity of atherosclerosis | Circulation |
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Familial aggregation of coronary artery calcium in families with diabetes | Diabetes |
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Prognostic significans of serum creatinine and uric acid in older Chinese patients with isolated systolic hypertension | Hypertension |
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Moderate alcohol consumption and risk of heart failure among older persons | J Am Med Assoc |
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Prior alcohol consumption and mortality following acute myocardial infarction | J Am Med Assoc |
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Renal vascular responses to captopril and to candesartan in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus | Kidney Int |
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Incidental renal artery stenosis in peripheral vascular disease: A case for treatment? | Kidney Int |
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Rapid magnetic resonance angiography for detection of atherosclerosis | LANCET |
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Effect of lipid-lowering therapy on early mortality after acute coronary syndromes: an observational study | Lancet |
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Effect of ACE inhibitors on angiographic restenosis after coronary stenting (PARIS): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial | Lancet |
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May |
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Long-term comparison between perindopril and nifedipine in normotensive patients with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria | Am J Kidney Dis |
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An evidence-based assessment of federal guidelines for overweight and obesity as they apply to elderly persons | Arch Int Med |
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Pseudo-pheochromocytoma syndrome associated with clozapine | Br Med J |
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Review: Evidence-based management of hypertension: What are the elements of good treatment of hypertension? | Br Med J |
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Review: Blood pressure measurement: Part IV - automated sphygmomanometry: self blood pressure measurement | Br Med J |
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Review: Blood pressure measurement: Part III. Automated sphygmomanometry: ambulatory blood pressure measurement | Br Med J |
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Review: Evidence based management of hypertension: What to do when the blood pressure is difficult to control | Br Med J |
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Review: Using cardiovascular risk profiles to individualize hypertensive treatment | Br Med J |
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Higher intakes of fish protein are related to a lower risk of microalbuminuria in young Swedish type 1 diabetic patients | Diabetes Care |
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Alcohol consumption and the incidence of hypertension | Hypertension |
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Influence of carvedilol on hospitalizations in heart failure: indicence, resource utilization and costs. U.S. Carvedilol Heart Failure Study Group | J Am Coll Cardiol |
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Electron beam tomography and national cholesterol education program guidelines in asymptomatic women | J Am Coll Cardiol |
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Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults | J Am Med Assoc |
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Novel risk factors for systemic atherosclerosis: A comparison of C -reactive protein, fibrinogen, lipoprotein(a), and standard cholesterol screening | J Am Med Assoc |
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Effect of carvedilol on outcome after myocardial infarction in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction: the CAPRICORN randomized trial | Lancet |
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Lesser response to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in black as compared with white patients with left ventricular dysfunction | N Engl J Med |
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Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance | N Engl J Med |
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Race and response to adrenergic blockade with carvedilol in patients with chronic heart failure | N Engl J Med |
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June |
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Influence of diuretics on the concentrations of proteins and other components of pleural transudates in patients with heart failure | Am J Med |
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Benefits of pravastatin on cardiovascular events and mortality in older patients with coronary heart disease are equal to or exceed those seen in younger patients: LIPID Trial Results | Ann Intern Med |
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The effect of fruit and vegetable intake on risk for coronary heart disease | Ann Intern Med |
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Home monitoring service improves mean arterial pressure in patients with essential hypertension | Ann Intern Med |
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Angiotensinogen mutations and risk for ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and ischemic cerebrovascular disease | Ann Intern Med |
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FULL TEXT: Clinical review: Extracts from Clinical Evidence: Obesity | Br Med J |
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Oxygenated carotenoid lutein and progression of early atherosclerosis | Circulation |
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Select flavonoids and whole juice from purple grapes inhibit platelet function and enhance nitric oxide release | Circulation |
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Low circulating vitamin B6 is associated with elevation of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein independently of plasma homocysteine levels | Circulation |
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Glycemic control and heart failure among adult patients with diabetes | Circulation |
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Modulation of CRP-mediated monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 induction in human endothelial cells by anti-atherosclerosis drugs | Circulation |
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Excessive urinary albumin levels are associated with future cardiovascular mortality in postmenopausal women | Circulation |
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Reduction in stroke with gemfibrozil in men with coronary heart diesase and low HDL cholesterol: VA-HIT Trial | Circulation |
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Differential effects of nifedipine and co-amilozide on the progression of early carotic wall changes | Circulation |
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High prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic teenagers and young adults: Evidence from intravascular ultrasound | Circulation |
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Transdermal estrogen replacement therapy decreases sympathetic activity in postmenopausal women | Circulation |
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Lipid and blood pressure treatment goals for type 1 diabetes: Ten-year incidence data from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study | Diabetes Care |
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Diabetes screening in Canada (DIASCAN) Study: Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and glucose intolerance in family physician offices | Diabetes Care |
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Captopril suppression versus salt loading in confirming primary aldosteronism | Hypertension |
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Mutations in the Na-Cl cotransporter reduce blood pressure in humans | Hypertension |
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Calcium channel blocker nifedipine slows down progression of coronary calcification in hypertensive patients compared with diuretics | Hypertension |
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Autonomic function in hypertensive and normotensive subjects: The importance of gender | Hypertension |
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Effects of low-dose aspirin on serum C-reactive protein and thromboxane B2 concentrations: a placebo-controlled study using a highly sensitive C-reactive protein assay | J Am Coll Cardiol |
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FULL TEXT: Effect of ramipril vs. amlodipine on renal outcomes in hypertensive nephrosclerosis | J Am Med Assoc |
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Split renal function outcome after renal angioplasty in patients with unilateral artery stenosis | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Add-on angiotensin receptor blockade with maximized ACE inhibition | Kidney Int |
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A three-item scale for early prediction of stroke recovery | Lancet |
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Treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with roxithromycin and effect on neointima proliferation after coronary stent placement (ISAR-3): An R, DB, PC trial | Lancet |
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Evidence that human cardiac myocytes divide after myocardial infarction | N Engl J Med |
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Trial of the beta-blocker bucindolol in patients with advanced chronic heart failure | N Engl J Med |
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Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure | N Engl J Med |
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Measurement of C-reactive protein for the targeting of statin therapy in the primary prevention of acute coronary events | N Engl J Med |
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April |
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Hemodynamic reproducibility during blood flow measurements of hemodialysis synthetic grafts | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Suspected iron dextran-related adverse drug events in hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis |
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The case for daily dialysis: Its impact on costs and quality of life | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Transcutaneous oxygen tension in patients with calciphylaxis | Am J Kidney Dis |
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National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 1999 | Centers for Disease Control |
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Agatroban anticoagulant therapy in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia | Circulation |
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Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections | Clin Infect Dis |
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Antimicrobial resistance in the ICU: Supplement | Crit Care Med |
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Increased total to ionized calcium ratio during continuous venovenous hemodialysis with citrate anticoagulation | Crit Care Med |
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Improving adherence to hand hygiene practice: a multidisciplinary approach | Emerging Infect Dis |
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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network Program: Annual Report Summary 1999 | HCFA ESRD Network Program |
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FULL TEXT: Serum albumin: A marker of fluid overload in dialysis patients? | J Ren Nutr |
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Effects of calorie and fluid intake on adverse events during hemodialysis | J Ren Nutr |
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Upper extremity digital subtraction venography with gadoterate meglumine before fistula creation for hemodialysis | Kidney Int |
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Recommendations for preventing the transmission of infections among chronic hemodialysis patients | Morb Mortal Weekly Rep |
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Multidrug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae | N Engl J Med |
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Temporal aspects of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia | N Engl J Med |
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Review: Dialysis-related amyloidosis: History and clinical manifestations | Semin Dial |
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May |
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Predictors of arteriovenous graft patency after radiologic intervention in hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Assessment of access blood flow after preemptive angioplasty | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Prevalence of high blood pressure and elevated serum creatinine level in the United States: Findings from the third NHANES Survey (1988-1994) | Arch Int Med |
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Glycemic control is a predictor of survival for diabetic patients on dialysis | Diabetes Care |
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Prevalence of C282Y and H63D mutations in the hemochromatosis (HFE) gene in the United States | J Am Med Assoc |
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Peritoneal glucose exposure and changes in membrane solute transport with time on peritoneal dialysis | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Expression of aquaporin-1 in human peritoneal mesothelial cells and its upregulation by glucose in vitro | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Flow in hemodialysis grafts after angioplasty: Do radiologic criteria predict success? | Kidney Int |
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A randomized trial of minidose warfarin for the prevention of late malfunction in tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters | Kidney Int |
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Oxidative stress is reduced by the long-term use of vitamin-E coated dialysis filters | Kidney Int |
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Serratia liquefaciens bloodstream infections from contamination of epoetin alfa at a hemodialysis center | N Engl J Med |
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Effect of parathyroid hormone (1-34) on fractures and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis | N Engl J Med |
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Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in health care facilities in a region | N Engl J Med |
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The tolerance and efficacy of interferon-alpha in hemodialysis patients with HCV infection: a multicenter, prospective study | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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Procalcitonin: a new marker of inflammation in hemodialysis patients? | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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Peritoneal tuberculosis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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Effect of ultrafiltration on peripheral urea sequestration in hemodialysis patients | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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June |
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Calciphylaxis is associated with hyperphosphatemia and increased osteopontin expression by vascular smooth muscle cells | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Determinants of mortality after myocardial infarction in patients with advanced renal dysfunction | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Incidence trends and mortality in end-stage renal disease attributed to renovascular disease in the United States | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Protein intake, control of serum phosphorus and relatively low levels of parathyroid hormone in elderly hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Prevalence and characteristics of individuals with chronic kidney disease in a large health maintenance organization | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Effect of lipid-lowering dietary recommendations on the nutritional intake and lipid profiles of chronic peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Morbidity and cost implications of inadequate hemodialysis | Am J Kidney Dis |
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DOQI guidelines for nutrition in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients: A dissenting view | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Retrograde hemodialysis access flow during dialysis as a predictor of access pathology | Am J Kidney Dis |
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FULL TEXT: Education and debate: Who should measure quality of life? | Br Med J |
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Measuring quality of life: Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? | Br Med J |
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FULL TEXT: Why should women have lower reference limits for hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations than men? | Br Med J |
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Whitepaper: The effect of barcode-enabled point of care technology on medication administration errors | Bridges |
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Impact of a rotating antibiotic schedule on infectious mortality in an intensive care unit | Crit Care Med |
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Increased prevalence of microthromboses in retinal capillaries of diabetic individuals | Diabetes |
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FULL TEXT: Diabetes and the risk of infection-related mortality in the United States | Diabetes Care |
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Nutritional status over time in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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TT virus infection in end-stage renal disease | J Nephrol |
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FULL TEXT: Treatment of hemodialysis-associated catheter-associated fibrin sheaths by rt-PA infusion: Critical analysis of 124 procedures | J Vasc Interven Radiol |
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Ultrasound dilution evaluation of pediatric hemodialysis access | Kidney Int |
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Dimethylglycine accumulates in uremia and predicts elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations | Kidney Int |
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Clinical course of peritonitis due to Pseudomonas species complicating peritoneal dialysis: A review of 104 cases | Kidney Int |
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Effect of type of dialysis membrane on bone in hemodialysis patients | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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A randomized, controlled, parallel-group trial on efficacy and safety of
iron sucrose (Venofer) vs. iron gluconate |
Nephrol Dial Transplant |
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Protein intake in patients with renal failure: Comments on the current NKF-DOQI guidelines for nutrition in chronic renal failure | Semin Dial |
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April |
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Erythropoietin deficiency causes anemia in nephrotic children with normal kidney function | Am J Kidney Dis |
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Review: Transplantation of the liver and pancreas | Br Med J |
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Effect of 3 years of antihypertensive therapy on renal structure in type 1 diabetic patients with albuminuria: European Study for the Prevenstion of Renal Disease in Type 1 Diabetes | Diabetes |
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A randomized trial of high-dose compared with low-dose omega-3 fatty acids in severe IgA nephropathy | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Effects of losartan and amlodipine on intrarenal hemodynamics and TGF-beta-1 plasma levels in a crossover trial in renal transplant recipients | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Approaching the therapeutic window for cyclosporine in kidney transplantation: A prospective study | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Cyclosporine in patients with steroid-resistant membranous nephropathy: a randomized trial | Kidney Int |
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Obesity-related glomerulopathy: an emerging epidemic | Kidney Int |
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Long-term impact of discontinued or reduced calcineurin inhibitor in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy | Kidney Int |
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Orthotopic reimplantation of cryopreserved ovarian cortical strips after high-dose chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma | Lancet |
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Medical versus surgical treatment of children with severe bilateral vesicoureteric reflux and bilateral nephropathy: a randomized trial | Lancet |
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Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with farm visits -- Pennsylvania and Washington, 2000 | Morb Mortal Weekly Rep |
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Brain death - Well settled, yet still unresolved | N Engl J Med |
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FULL TEXT: Steroid-free immunosuppression in renal transplantation: A long-term follow-up of 100 consecutive patients | Transplantation |
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FULL TEXT: Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of a first acute renal allograft rejection: Three year follow-up | Transplantation |
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FULL TEXT: Pregnancy outcome after cyclosporine therapy during pregnancy: a meta-analysis | Transplantation |
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FULL TEXT: Cold ischemia time: An independent predictor of increased HLA Class I antibody production after rejection of a primary cadaveric renal allograft | Transplantation |
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FULL TEXT: Hyperuricemia exacerbates chronic cyclosporin nephropathy | Transplantation |
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Effect of dose-intensive intravenous melphalan and autologous blood stem-cell transplantation on AL-amyloidosis-associated renal disease | Ann Intern Med |
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Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness: A multicenter study | Ann Intern Med |
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FULL TEXT: Dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, and cortisol concentrations in intensive care unit patients | Crit Care Med |
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FULL TEXT: Initial effect of sodium bicarbonate on intracellular pH depends on the extracellular nonbicarbonate buffering capacity | Crit Care Med |
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Effects of albumin/furosemide mixtures on responses to furosemide in hypoalbuminemic patients | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Immunosuppressive agents in childhood nephrotic syndrome: A meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials | Kidney Int |
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Progression of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease in children | Kidney Int |
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Autosomal-dominant periodic fever with AA amyloidosis: Novel mutation in tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 gene. Rapid Communication | Kidney Int |
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June |
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Correlation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha hydroxylase gene expression in alveolar macrophages and the activity of sarcoidosis | Am J Med |
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Long-term outcome of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease treated with plasma exchange and immunosuppression | Ann Intern Med |
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Randomized trial of cranberry-lingonberry juice and Lactobacillus GG drink for the prevention of urinary tract infections in women | Br Med J |
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Effect of novel polymorphisms in the rage gene on transcriptional regulation and their association with diabetic retinopathy | Diabetes |
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Collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis following treatment with high-dose pamidronate | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Survival improvement among patients with end-stage renal disease: Trends over time for transplant recipients and wait-listed patients | J Am Soc Nephrol |
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Oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins and the outcome of renal allografts at 1/2 years | Kidney Int |
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Twenty-four hour urine chemistries and the risk of kidney stones among men and women | Kidney Int |
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Association of parvovirus B19 infection with idiopathic collapsing glomerulopathy | Kidney Int |
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Sensitivity to meat protein intake and hyperoxaluria in idiopathic calcium stone formers | Kidney Int |
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Efficacy and safety of infliximab monotherapy for plaque-type psoriasis: a randomised trial | Lancet |
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CC chemokine receptor 5 and renal transplant survival | Lancet |
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Renal function, cytogenetic measurements, and sexual development in adolescents in relation to environmental pollutants: a feasibility study of biomarkers | Lancet |