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BMC Nephrology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of kidney and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Nephrology (ISSN 1471-2369) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :9
In an ethnically diverse cohort, serum levels of cystatin C are correlated with inflammatory and procoagulant markers at all stages of kidney dysfunction, while creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rates show a similar association with chronic kidney disease.
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The association between renal function and structural parameters: a pig study Anders B Lodrup, Kristian Karstoft, Thomas H Dissing, Jens R Nyengaard, Michael Pedersen BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :18 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Astaxanthin vs placebo on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress and inflammation in renal transplant patients (Xanthin): a randomised controlled trial Robert G Fassett, Helen Healy, Ritza Driver, Iain K Robertson, Dominic P Geraghty, James E Sharman, Jeff S Coombes BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :17 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Optimal and continuous anaemia control in a cohort of dialysis patients in Switzerland Claudine M Mathieu, Daniel Teta, Nathalie L BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :16 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arterial line pressure control enhanced extracorporeal blood flow prescription in hemodialysis patients Franklin G Mora-Bravo, Alfonso Mariscal, Juan P Herrera BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :15 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Quality of life, mental health and health beliefs in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: Investigating differences in early and later years of current treatment M Ginieri-Coccossis, P Theofilou, C Synodinou, V Tomaras, C Soldatos BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :14 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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NPHS2 variation in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosisStephen J Tonna, Alexander Needham, Krishna Polu, Andrea Uscinski, Gerald B Appel, Ronald J Falk, Avi Katz, Salah Al-Waheeb, Bernard S Kaplan, George Jerums, Judy Savige, Jennifer Harmon, Kang Zhang, Gary C Curhan, Martin R Pollak BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Familial hypomagnesaemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC): Compound heterozygous mutation in the claudin 16 (CLDN16 ) gene Geeta Hampson, Martin A Konrad, John Scoble BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :12 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Serum free light chain measurement aids the diagnosis of myeloma in patients with severe renal failure Colin A Hutchison, Tim Plant, Mark Drayson, Paul Cockwell, Melpomeni Kountouri, Kolitha Basnayake, Stephen Harding, Arthur R Bradwell, Graham Mead BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :11 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mutant polycystin-2 induces proliferation in primary rat tubular epithelial cells in a STAT-1/p21-independent fashion accompanied instead by alterations in expression of p57KIP2 and Cdk2 Kyriacos N Felekkis, Panayiota Koupepidou, Evdokia Kastanos, Ralph Witzgall, Chang-Xi Bai, Li Li, Leonidas Tsiokas, Norbert Gretz, Constantinos Deltas BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :10 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Association of kidney function with inflammatory and procoagulant markers in a diverse cohort: A cross-sectional analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Christopher Keller, Ronit Katz, Mary Cushman, Linda F Fried, Michael Shlipak BMC Nephrology 2008, 9 :9 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gene therapy by electroporation for the treatment of chronic renal failure in companion animals Patricia A Brown, Angela M Bodles-Brakhop, Melissa A Pope, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Relating increasing hantavirus incidences to the changing climate: the mast connection Jan Clement, Jurgen Vercauteren, Willem W Verstraeten, Genevieve Ducoffre, Jose M Barrios, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Piet Maes, Marc Van Ranst International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :1 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Anorexia nervosa from purgative behaviour to nephropathy: a case report Emilia Manzato, Maria Mazzullo, Malvina Gualandi, Tatiana Zanetti, Giovanni Scanelli Cases Journal 2009, 2 :46 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bone growth during rapamycin therapy in young rats Cheryl P Sanchez, Yu-Zhu He BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9 :3 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rosiglitazone: can meta-analysis accurately estimate excess cardiovascular risk given the available data? Re-analysis of randomized trials using various methodologic approaches. Jan O Friedrich, Joseph Beyene, Neill KJ Adhikari BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :5 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acquired nonobstructive urinary bladder diverticulum: a case report Plamen Yovchevski, Kosta Kostov Cases Journal 2009, 2 :36 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Forgotten indwelling stent in a transplanted kidney: a case report Shaheel Bhuva, Steven J Kennish, Tze M Wah Cases Journal 2009, 2 :27 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phase II trial of Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus expressing 5T4 and high dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma Howard L Kaufman, Bret Taback, William Sherman, Dae Won Kim, William H Shingler, Dorota Moroziewicz, Gail DeRaffele, Josephine Mitcham, Miles W Carroll, Richard Harrop, Stuart Naylor, Seunghee Kim-Schulze Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7 :2 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Low-intensity body building exercise induced rhabdomyolysis: a case report
Massimiliano Gagliano, Daniela Corona, Giuseppe Giuffrida, Alessia Giaquinta, Tiziano Tallarita, Domenico Zerbo, Massimiliano Sorbello, Annalaura Paratore, Carla Virgilio, Alessandro Cappellani, Pierfrancesco Veroux, Massimiliano Veroux Cases Journal 2009, 2 :7 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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