Acidosis prevents growth hormone-induced growth in experimental uremia Claire KleinknechtSâad ManiarMichèle Dechaux Original Article Pages: 256 - 260
Carbohydrate metabolism in children receiving growth hormone for 5 years Paul SaengerKenneth M. AttieThe Genentech Collaborative Group Original Article Pages: 261 - 263
Body composition in children with renal disease: use of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry Pierre CochatPierre BraillonLouis David Original Article Pages: 264 - 268
Serum insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins in children with end-stage renal disease Burkhard TönshoffWerner F. BlumOtto Mehls Original Article Pages: 269 - 274
The parathyroid calcium receptor: a novel therapeutic target for treating hyperparathyroidism Edward F. NemethMichael E. SteffeyJohn Fox Original Article Pages: 275 - 279
The European Society for Paediatric Nephrology will be holding its 30th Annual Meeting Announcement Pages: 279 - 279
The effect of recombinant human growth hormone on responses to alloantigens in the pediatric transplant patient Mark R. BenfieldAngie VailEdward C. Kohaut Original Article Pages: 280 - 282
Early age-dependent growth impairment in chronic renal failure Johan KarlbergFranz SchaeferEuropean Study Group for Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Childhood Original Article Pages: 283 - 287
Growth charts for prepubertal children with chronic renal failure due to congenital renal disorders Franz SchaeferAnne-Margret WingenEuropean Study Group for Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Childhood Original Article Pages: 288 - 293
Short dialyzed children respond less to growth hormone than patients prior to dialysis E. WühlD. HaffnerGerman Study Group for Growth Hormone Treatment in Chronic Renal Failure Original Article Pages: 294 - 298
The eleventh congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association 12–17 September, 1998 London, UK Announcement Pages: 298 - 298
Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I and mesangial matrix in uremic rats Jen-Jar LinRichard N. FineFrederick J. Kaskel Original Article Pages: 299 - 303
Neuroendocrine mechanisms mediating awakening of the human gonadotropic axis in puberty Johannes D. Veldhuis Review Article Pages: 304 - 317
Metabolic effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I in humans: comparison with recombinant human growth hormone Nelly MaurasMorey W. Haymond Review Article Pages: 318 - 323
Short versus long initial prednisone treatment in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children J. KsiążekT. Wyszyńska Literature Abstract Pages: 323 - 323
The effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on growth and nutritional status Kathy Jabs Review Article Pages: 324 - 327
Growth hormone binding protein and free growth hormone in chronic renal failure Gerhard Baumann Review Article Pages: 328 - 330
Calcitriol administration in end-stage renal disease: intravenous or oral? L. Darryl QuarlesOlafur Skuli Indridason Review Article Pages: 331 - 336
Factors influencing the response to growth hormone in children with renal disease Lesley ReesHeather Maxwell Review Article Pages: 337 - 339
Development of fat tissue and body mass index from infancy to adulthood Theo Gasser Review Article Pages: 340 - 342
Liddle's syndrome: heritable human hypertension caused by mutations in the β subunit of the epithelial sodium channel Richard A. ShimketsDavid G. WarnockRichard P. Lifton Literature Abstract Pages: 342 - 342
Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins as growth inhibitors in children with chronic renal failure David R. PowellFrances LiuRaymond L. Hintz Review Article Pages: 343 - 347
Abnormal skeletal response to parathyroid hormone and the expression of its receptor in chronic uremia Tilman B. Drüeke Review Article Pages: 348 - 350
Is severe renal osteodystrophy a contraindication for recombinant human growth hormone treatment? Sandra L. Watkins Review Article Pages: 351 - 354
Insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in the nephrotic syndrome Stella M. FeldRaimund Hirschberg Review Article Pages: 355 - 358
VerotoxinogenicCitrobacter freundii associated with severe gastroenteritis and cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in a nursery school: green butter as the infection source H. TschäpeR. PragerG. Böhme Literature Abstract Pages: 358 - 358
Parathyroid gland function in secondary hyperparathyroidism Isidro B. SaluskyWilliam G. Goodman Review Article Pages: 359 - 363
Calcium, phosphate, vitamin D, and the parathyroid Keith H. MarksRachel KilavJustin Silver Review Article Pages: 364 - 367
Glomerulopathy associated with predominant fibronectin deposits: a newly recognized hereditary disease Erik H. StrømGiovanni BanfiMichael J. Mihatsch Literature Abstract Pages: 367 - 367
Renal involvement in mitochondrial cytopathies Patrick NiaudetAgnès Rötig Invited Review Pages: 368 - 373
Renal proximal tubular epithelium from patients with nephropathic cystinosis: Immortalized cell lines asin vitro model systems Lorraine C. RacusenPatricia D. WilsonElizabeth T. Philip Literature Abstract Pages: 394 - 394
Effect of grapefruit juice on cyclosporine pharmacokinetics A. MajeedA. KareemWilliam M. Bennett Letters to the Editors Pages: 395 - 396
Amitriptyline versus vasopressin in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis Wm. Lane M. RobsonJens Peter NøgaardYouichi Mizusawa Letters to the Editors Pages: 396 - 397
The effect of alternate-day low-dose prednisolone on bone age in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome Zelâl BircanMustafa SoranCesare Polito Letters to the Editors Pages: 397 - 398
