1. Pathogenesis of urinary tract infection —experimental studies of vaginal resistance to colonization

   • Jan Winberg
   • Maria Herthelius-Elman
   • Carl Erik Nord

   Original Article Pages: 509 - 514

2. Ask the expert

   • Johannes Brodehl

   BriefCommunication Pages: 514 - 514

3. Prostacyclin in diarrhoea-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome

   • C. M. Taylor
   • C. J. Lote

   Original Article Pages: 515 - 519

4. A syndrome of acute interstitial nephritis and anterior uveitis

   • Timothy E. Bunchman
   • Jeffrey N. Bloom

   Original Article Pages: 520 - 522

5. Literature abstracts

   Report Pages: 522 - 522

6. Serum and urine soluble interleukin-2 receptor in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

   • Glenn H. Bock
   • J. Ramon Ongkingco
   • David L. Nelson

   Original Article Pages: 523 - 528

7. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with hepatitis C virus infection

   • Richard J. Johnson
   • David R. Gretch
   • Richard Willson

   Literature Abstract Pages: 528 - 528

8. Treatment of IgA nephropathy in children: efficacy of alternate-day oral prednisone

   • F. Bryson Waldo
   • Robert J. Wyatt
   • Edward C. Kohaut

   Original Article Pages: 529 - 532

9. Literature abstracts

   Report Pages: 532 - 532

10. Ultrasonographic evaluation of bladder volume in children

    • Masahiro Hiraoka
    • Hirokazu Tsukahara
    • Masakatsu Sudo

    Original Article Pages: 533 - 535

11. Literature abstracts

    Report Pages: 335 - 335

12. Effects of age at the time of unilateral nephrectomy and dietary protein on long-term renal function in rats

    • Paul Baudoin
    • Abraham P. Provoost

    Original Article Pages: 536 - 542

13. Literature abstracts

    Report Pages: 542 - 542

14. Risks of peritoneal membrane failure in children undergoing long-term peritoneal dialysis

    • Sharon P. Andreoli
    • Carl D. Langefeld
    • Karen West

    Original Article Pages: 543 - 547

15. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 547 - 547

16. Defective antibody response toHemophilus influenzae type b immunization in children receiving peritoneal dialysis

    • Barbara A. Fivush
    • Barbara Case
    • Howard Lederman

    Original Article Pages: 548 - 550

17. Evaluation of delayed puberty in the female adolescent with chronic renal failure

    • Vivian M. Reznik
    • Stanley A. Mendoza
    • Gary R. Freidenberg

    Original Article Pages: 551 - 553

18. Literature abstracts

    Report Pages: 553 - 553

19. Successful treatment with hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride in an infant with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

    • Timothy M. Uyeki
    • Floyd L. Barry
    • Robert S. Mathias

    Brief Report Pages: 554 - 556

20. Paediatric aspects of renal transplantation: experience of a single centre

    • G. Offner
    • P. F. Hoyer
    • J. Brodehl

    Literature Abstract Pages: 556 - 556

21. Swan neck presternal catheter for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in children

    • Maria Sieniawska
    • Maria Roszkowska-Blaim
    • Stanislaw Warchol

    Brief Report Pages: 557 - 558

22. Protein restriction in chronic renal failure

    • J. E. Kist-van Holthe tot Echten
    • J. Nauta
    • E. D. Wolff

    Literature Abstract Pages: 558 - 558

23. Hyperlipidemia in childhood nephrotic syndrome

    • Mohamed Alaa Eldin Hassan Thabet
    • Jose R. Salcedo
    • James C. M. Chan

    Practical Pediatric Nephrology Pages: 559 - 566

24. Literature abstracts

    Report Pages: 566 - 566

25. New immunosuppressive agents for pediatric transplantation

    • Mariano Ferraresso
    • Barry D. Kahan

    Invited Review Pages: 567 - 573

26. Renal amino acid transport: cellular and molecular events from clearance studies to frog eggs

    • Russell W. Chesney
    • Deborah Jones
    • Israel Zelikovic

    Basic Science Review Pages: 574 - 584

27. A transplant of real life

    • Vivian Diaz
    • Arthur Caplan
    • S. Michael Mauer

    Occasional Survey Pages: 585 - 588

28. Use of^99mTechnetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid to study patterns of renal damage associated with prenatally detected vesicoureteral reflux

    • David C. G. Crabbe
    • David F. M. Thomas
    • Sidney E. W. Smith

    Literature Abstract Pages: 588 - 588

29. Clinical quiz

    • Gary M. Lum

    BriefCommunication Pages: 589 - 590

30. Commentary: importance of antenatal diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux

    • Jack S. Elder

    Literature Abstract Pages: 590 - 590

31. Extent of urinary tract involvement and imaging in childhood urinary tract infections

    • Zelal Ekinci Bircan
    • Necla Buyan
    • Sedat Işik

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 591 - 592

32. Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis followed by acute rheumatic carditis: an unusual case

    • Ayşe Öner
    • Semra Atalay
    • Orhan Pekuz

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 592 - 593

33. Kawasaki disease and acute renal failure

    • Marc B. Lande
    • Joseph G. Gleeson
    • Robert P. Sundel

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 593 - 593

34. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and amyloidosis

    • Necmiye Tümer
    • Fatoş Yalçinkaya
    • Denis G. Gill

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 594 - 594

35. IPNA newsletter

    Announcement Pages: 595 - 596

36. Introductory remarks

    • Adrian Spitzer
    • Fabio Sereni

    Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Developmental Renal Physiology Pages: 598 - 598

37. Regulation of cell surface polarity in renal epithelia

    • W. James Nelson

    Renal Organogenesis Pages: 599 - 604

38. Genetically engineered kidneys

    • Adrian S. Woolf
    • Leon G. Fine

    Renal Organogenesis Pages: 605 - 608

39. Cell death programmed in uninduced metanephric mesenchymal cells

    • Chizuko Koseki

    Renal Organogenesis Pages: 609 - 611

40. Expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor in fetal kidney

    • Paul R. Goodyer
    • Andrey Cybulsky
    • Cynthia Goodyer

    Renal Organogenesis Pages: 612 - 615

41. Growth factors and kidney development

    • Marc R. Hammerman
    • Sharon A. Rogers
    • Gabriella Ryan

    Renal Organogenesis Pages: 616 - 620

42. The role of protein phosphorylation in renal amino acid transport

    • Israel Zelikovic
    • Julie Przekwas

    Hormones and Signal Transduction Pages: 621 - 629

43. Regulation of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase gene expression: a model to study terminal differentiation

    • Gianni Celsi
    • Zheng-Ming Wang

    Hormones and Signal Transduction Pages: 630 - 634

44. Ontogeny of renin and AT1 receptor in the rat

    • R. Ariel Gomez
    • Alda Tufro-McReddie
    • Ellen S. Pentz

    Vasoactive Peptides Pages: 635 - 638

45. Expression of the human renin gene in transgenic mice throughout ontogeny

    • Curt D. Sigmund

    Vasoactive Peptides Pages: 639 - 645

46. Molecular aspects of kallikrein and kininogen in the maturing kidney

    • Samir S. El-Dahr
    • Susana Dipp

    Vasoactive Peptides Pages: 646 - 651

47. Atrial natriuretic peptide in renal development

    • Robert L. Chevalier

    Vasoactive Peptides Pages: 652 - 656

48. The renal nerves in the newborn rat

    • Luciano Barajas
    • Li Liu

    Renal Nerves Pages: 657 - 666

49. Influence of renal nerves on renal function during development

    • Jean E. Robillard
    • Edward N. Guillery
    • Pedro A. Jose

    Renal Nerves Pages: 667 - 671

50. The effect of vasopressin on the cytoskeleton of the epithelial cell

    • Richard M. Hays
    • John Condeelis
    • Nicholas Franki

    Concentrating Mechanism Pages: 672 - 679