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(First Author) 2013 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 1
(First Author) 2013 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 1
(First Author) 2013 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 1
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VOL 62, NO 6, DECEMBER 2013 xx Announcement xxi This Month in AJKD xxv Quiz Page: Hypoplastic Nails, Bowed Elbows, and Nephrotic Syndrome
Swasti Chaturvedi, Anna Pulimodd, and Indira Agarwal
EDITORIALS 1023 Variation in Performance of Kidney Injury Biomarkers Due to Cause of Acute Kidney Injury
Chirag R. Parikh and Gang Han
Related Article, p. 1058 1027 Shenqi Particle: A Novel Therapy for Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Madhav C. Menon, Peter Y. Chuang, and John Cijiang He
Related Article, p. 1068 1030 Have We Reached the Limit of Mortality Benet With Our Approach to Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury?
Sarah Faubel
Related Article, p. 1116 1034 Milestones for Nephrology Training Programs: A Modest Proposal
Christina M. Yuan, Robert Nee, Kevin C. Abbott, and James D. Oliver III
IN THE LITERATURE 1039 Kidney Stones and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
David S. Goldfarb
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PERSPECTIVE 1042 Understanding Washington: A Nephrologists Perspective From Inside the Beltway
Robert J. Rubin
SPECIAL REPORT 1046 Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials of CKD-Related Therapies: Report of a Symposium Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug Administration
Ronald D. Perrone, Stephen Joel Coons, Kerri Cavanaugh, Fred Finkelstein, and Klemens B. Meyer
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Pathogenesis and Treatment of Kidney Disease 1058 Urinary Interleukin 18 for Detection of Acute Kidney Injury: A Meta-analysis
Yawei Liu, Wenyuan Guo, Jiayou Zhang, Chenggang Xu, Shengqiang Yu, Zhiguo Mao, Jun Wu, Chaoyang Ye, Changlin Mei, and Bing Dai
Editorial, p. 1023 1068 Efcacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Shenqi Particle) for Patients With Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Yiping Chen, Yueyi Deng, Zhaohui Ni, Nan Chen, Xiangmei Chen, Wei Shi, Yongli Zhan, Fahuan Yuan, Wei Deng, and Yifei Zhong
Editorial, p. 1027 1077 Acute Kidney Injury and Death Associated With Renin Angiotensin System Blockade in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
Rabi Yacoub, Nilang Patel, James W. Lohr, Srini Rajagopalan, Nader Nader, and Pradeep Arora
1087 Association of Income Level With Kidney Disease Severity and Progression Among Children and Adolescents With CKD: A Report From the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study
Guillermo Hidalgo, Derek K. Ng, Marva Moxey-Mims, Maria Lourdes Minnick, Tom Blydt-Hansen, Bradley A. Warady, and Susan L. Furth
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1102 Comparison of Associations of Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio Versus Albumin-Creatinine Ratio With Complications of CKD: A Cross-sectional Analysis
Herrick Fisher, Chi-yuan Hsu, Eric Vittinghoff, Feng Lin, and Nisha Bansal
1109 A Comparison of the Performances of an Articial Neural Network and a Regression Model for GFR Estimation
Xun Liu, Ning-shan Li, Lin-sheng Lv, Jian-hua Huang, Hua Tang, Jin-xia Chen, Hui-juan Ma, Xiao-ming Wu, and Tan-qi Lou
Dialysis 1116 Earlier-Start Versus Usual-Start Dialysis in Patients With Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Tukaram E. Jamale, Niwrutti K. Hase, Manjunath Kulkarni, K.J. Pradeep, Vaibhav Keskar, Sunil Jawale, and Dinesh Mahajan
Editorial, p. 1030 1122 Correlation of Pre-existing Vascular Pathology With Arteriovenous Graft Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients
Michael Allon, Silvio Litovsky, Carlton J. Young, Mark H. Deierhoi, Jeremy Goodman, Michael Hanaway, Mark E. Lockhart, and Michelle L. Robbin
1130 Patient Care Stafng Levels and Facility Characteristics in US Hemodialysis Facilities
Laura A.G. Yoder, Wenjun Xin, Keith C. Norris, and Guofen Yan
1141 Changes in Anthropometry and Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients in the HEMO Study
Chi-Ting Su, Jonathan Yabes, Francis Pike, Daniel E. Weiner, Srinivasan Beddhu, Jerrilynn D. Burrowes, Michael V. Rocco, and Mark L. Unruh
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NARRATIVE REVIEW 1165 Population Ancestry and Genetic Risk for Diabetes and Kidney, Cardiovascular, and Bone Disease: Modiable Environmental Factors May Produce the Cures
Barry I. Freedman, Jasmin Divers, and Nicholette D. Palmer
KIDNEY BIOPSY TEACHING CASE 1193 Light Chain Renal Amyloidosis With Prominent Giant Cells
Megan L. Troxell, Ryan Grifths, Ian Schnadig, and Donald C. Houghton
CORE CURRICULUM IN NEPHROLOGY 1198 Kidney Disease in the Setting of Liver Failure: Core Curriculum 2013
Thomas A. Gonwa and Hani M. Wadei
DOPPS PRACTICE MONITOR UPDATE 1213 The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care: Update on Trends in Anemia Management 2 Years Into the Bundle
Douglas S. Fuller, Ronald L. Pisoni, Brian A. Bieber, Friedrich K. Port, and Bruce M. Robinson
1217 Commentary on The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care: Update on Trends in Anemia Management 2 Years Into the Bundle: Iron(y) Abounds 2 Years Later
Daniel E. Weiner and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
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CORRESPONDENCE Letters to the Editor 1221 Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in a Dialysis Patient Diagnosed by 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and IFN-g Release Assay
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Masaomi Nangaku, and Fumihiko Hinoshita
1221 Bilateral Nephrectomy Signicantly Improves Health-Related Quality of Life in a Hemodialysis Patient With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Chia-Ter Chao, Shuo-Meng Wang, and Tze-Wah Kao
1222 Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Created From the Posterior Tibial Artery and a Saphenous Vein Branch
Taiga Hara, Tadashi Sofue, and Masakazu Kohno
Research Letter 1223 AntiePhospholipase A2 Receptor Antibodies and Malignancy in Membranous Nephropathy
Sjoerd A.M.E.G. Timmermans, Rivka Ayalon, Pieter van Paassen, Laurence H. Beck Jr, Henk van Rie, Joris J.J.M. Wirtz, Gaico H. Verseput, Leon A. Frenken, David J. Salant, and Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, on behalf of the Limburg Renal Registry
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1226 List of AJKD Reviewers, October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 NOTICES 1230 Erratum Regarding A Crystal Clear Diagnosis (Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;62:xxvi-xxix) 1230 Erratum Regarding Differences Between Ofce and 24-Hour Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients With CKD: A 5,693-Patient Cross-sectional Analysis From Spain (Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;62(2):285-294)
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