1. Chronic kidney disease perspectives in Japan and the importance of urinalysis screening

   • Kunihiro Yamagata
   • Kunitoshi Iseki
   • Akira Hishida

   Review Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 1 - 8

   

2. Applications of LDL-apheresis in nephrology

   • Shuzo Kobayashi

   Review Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 9 - 15

   

3. Management of diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in children

   • Kazumoto Iijima
   • Ichiro Kamioka
   • Kandai Nozu

   Review Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 16 - 19

   

4. Protective role of anti-synthetic hinge peptide antibody for glomerular deposition of hypoglycosylated IgA1

   • Yoshiyuki Hiki
   • Kazuo Takahashi
   • Satoshi Sugiyama

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 20 - 27

   

5. Transition of children with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis to adolescence and adulthood

   • Kikuo Iitaka
   • Osamu Motoyama
   • Tadasu Sakai

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 28 - 32

   

6. Dual blockade of the rennin–angiotensin system versus maximal recommended dose of angiotensin II receptor blockade in chronic glomerulonephritis

   • Urara Mori-Takeyama
   • Shinya Minatoguchi
   • Hiroshige Ohashi

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 33 - 40

   

7. Delivery patterns of recommended chronic kidney disease care in clinical practice: administrative claims-based analysis and systematic literature review

   • Marie D. Philipneri
   • Lisa A. Rocca Rey
   • Krista L. Lentine

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 41 - 52

   

8. Patterns in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection at the start of hemodialysis in Japan

   • Yuko Iwasa
   • Shigeru Otsubo
   • Takashi Akiba

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 53 - 57

   

9. Serum adiponectin and markers of endothelial injury in hemodialysis patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans

   • Osamu Saito
   • Takako Saito
   • Eiji Kusano

   Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 58 - 64

   

10. Prevention of DNA damage in renal transplantation by losartan and enalapril: the role of renin-angiotensin system polymorphisms

    • Amir Ghorbanihaghjo
    • Pegah Veisi
    • Hosain Babaei

    Original Article 01 February 2008 Pages: 65 - 73

    

11. Electrolyte-free water clearance: a key to the diagnosis of hypernatremia in resolving acute renal failure

    • Gabor Bodonyi-Kovacs
    • Stewart H. Lecker

    Case Report 01 February 2008 Pages: 74 - 78

    

12. Lupus vulgaris with tubercular lymphadenitis and IgA nephropathy

    • Ambar Khaira
    • Om P. Rathi
    • Suresh C. Tiwari

    Case Report 01 February 2008 Pages: 79 - 81

    

13. Nephronophthisis complicated with hepatic fibrosis: an autopsy case with rupture of the splenic artery after renal transplantation

    • Tatsuo Tsukamoto
    • Mari Tanaka
    • Eri Muso

    Case Report 01 February 2008 Pages: 82 - 88

    

14. The Third World Kidney Day: looking back and thinking forward

    • Sudhir V. Shah
    • John Feehally
    • On behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee: William G. Couser (ISN), John Davis (IFKF), Joel Kopple (IFKF), Thomas Reiser (ISN), Miguel Riella (ISN), Anne Wilson (IFKF)

    Special Commentary 01 February 2008 Pages: 89 - 92