Nephrology

Review article: The role of CD4+ T cells in ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis
WAYEL H ABDULAHAD, COEN A STEGEMAN, CEES GM KALLENBERG

Review article: Progress of treatment in ANCA-associated vasculitis
DAVID JAYNE

Review article: Low-molecular-weight heparin as an alternative anticoagulant to unfractionated heparin for routine outpatient haemodialysis treatments
ANDREW DAVENPORT

Increased risks of chronic kidney disease associated with prescribed Chinese herbal products suspected to contain aristolochic acid
MING-NAN LAI, JUNG-NIEN LAI, PAU-CHUNG CHEN, WEI-LUM TSENG, YA-YIN CHEN, JING-SHIANG HWANG, JUNG-DER WANG

Late onset Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients receiving rituximab for humoral renal transplant rejection
EDWARD SHELTON, MICHELLE YONG, SOLOMON COHNEY

Review article: Drug-induced anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
YING GAO, MING-HUI ZHAO

Submit your paper to Nephrology to win cash prize of US$1,000 each for the best paper published in each volume. There will be 3 winners each year, as judged by the Editorial Board.

Announcing the 2011 Award - We now invite paper submissions
• Open to authors with APSN membership
• To be considered for the award, authors must submit original articles related to clinical or laboratory research
• Awards will be announced in the January edition of Nephrology every year
• Application will close on 30 November every year

Submit your papers now !

Review: Metformin: Potential benefits and use in chronic kidney disease
HELEN L PILMORE

Review article: Luminex technology for HLA antibody detection in organ transplantation
BRIAN D TAIT, FIONA HUDSON, LINDA CANTWELL, GEMMA BREWIN, RHONDA HOLDSWORTH, GREG BENNETT, MATTHEW JOSE

Review article: Coagulation cascade and therapeutics update: Relevance to nephrology. Part 1: Overview of coagulation, thrombophilias and history of anticoagulants
REBECCA L C ADAMS, ROBERT J BIRD

Review: Anticoagulation for haemodialysis
MICHAEL SURANYI, JOSEPHINE SF CHOW

Review: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: A troponin-like biomarker for human acute kidney injury
PRASAD DEVARAJAN

Review: The role of microRNAs in kidney disease
Jordan YZ Li, Tuck Y Yong, Michael Z Michael, Jonathan M Gleadle

Review: Serum and urine biomarkers of kidney disease: A pathophysiological perspective
Greg H Tesch

The Asian Forum of CKD Initiative published an early “call to arms” (p248)and followed up with a series of articles in a June Supplement on the issues around addressing CKD in the Asian-Pacific region. Articles such as that by Sun (p84) demonstrating the relationship of metabolic syndrome to CKD in nearly 120,000 Taiwanese demonstrate the commitment to CKD in the Asian-Pacific Region.

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