1. Recent developments in the management of infants with end-stage renal disease

   • Masataka Honda
   • Seiichirou Shishido

   Review Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 1 - 11

2. Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of rat mesangial cells in culture

   • Hirofumi Miyazato
   • Tsukasa Takemura
   • Kazuo Yoshioka

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 12 - 17

3. Serum cholesterol and risk of end-stage renal disease in a cohort of mass screening

   • Kunitoshi Iseki
   • Yoshiharu Ikemiya
   • Koshiro Fukiyama

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 18 - 24

4. Measurement of interleukin-1β mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with chronic renal failure

   • Atsushi Kubo
   • Masayuki Iwano
   • Kazuhiro Dohi

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 25 - 30

5. Outcome of subjects with elevated serum creatinine in a community-based mass screening

   • Kunitoshi Iseki
   • Yoshiharu Ikemiya
   • Koshiro Fukiyama

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 31 - 37

6. Serum leptin concentration in kidney transplantation patients

   • Hirokazu Oosawa
   • Eiichi Osono
   • Akirou Terashi

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 38 - 43

7. Predialysis serum albumin concentration and creatinine generation rate do not reflect the same pathophysiologic status

   • Shigeru Nakai
   • Toru Shinzato
   • Kenji Maeda

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 44 - 49

8. Novel estimation of histologic activity in human glomerulonephritis by detection of complement component C3 messenger RNA

   • Isao Ohsawa
   • Hiroyuki Ohi
   • Masaru Nonaka

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 50 - 57

9. Renal distribution of collagen type IV α chains in autosomal-dominant Alport syndrome

   • Ichiro Naito
   • Shinsuke Nomura
   • Gengo Osawa

   Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 58 - 63

10. Comparison of serum levels of pyridinoline and pyridinoline cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen as markers of bone resorption in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis

    • Shoji Samma
    • Masanori Joko
    • Eigoro Okajima

    Original Article 01 March 1998 Pages: 64 - 71

11. Transluminal vascular stent implantation for a patient with renovascular hypertension due to renal artery stenosis

    • Akira Miyajima
    • Makoto Sumitomo
    • Tatsumi Kaji

    Case Report 01 March 1998 Pages: 72 - 74

12. Effects of hemoperfusion plus high-flux hemodialysis in a patient with methotrexate toxicity

    • Hiroyuki Sasamura
    • Ukei Anazawa
    • Takao Saruta

    Case Report 01 March 1998 Pages: 75 - 79

13. Sequential measurement of mesangial matrix area occupying the glomerulus in children with IgA nephropathy

    • Hiroshi Tanaka
    • Shinobu Waga
    • Masaru Yokoyama

    Short Communication 01 March 1998 Pages: 80 - 84

14. Calendar of events

    Events 01 March 1998 Pages: II - III