1. Nephrotic syndrome and rituximab: facts and perspectives

   • Dieter Haffner
   • Dagmar-Christiane Fischer

   Editorial Commentary 01 August 2009 Pages: 1433 - 1438

2. Renal disease associated with inherited disorders of the complement system

   • Thomas R. Welch
   • Lisa W. Blystone

   Review 01 August 2009 Pages: 1439 - 1444

3. Inflammation in chronic kidney disease: role in the progression of renal and cardiovascular disease

   • Douglas M. Silverstein

   Review 01 August 2009 Pages: 1445 - 1452

   

4. Selection of modalities, prescription, and technical issues in children on peritoneal dialysis

   • Enrico Verrina
   • Valeria Cappelli
   • Francesco Perfumo

   Educational Review Open access 01 August 2009 Pages: 1453 - 1464

   

5. Chronic allograft nephropathy

   • Jeffery T. Fletcher
   • Brian J. Nankivell
   • Stephen I. Alexander

   Educational Review Open access 01 August 2009 Pages: 1465 - 1471

   

6. An unusual case of renal medullary hyperechogenicity and hypertension: question

   • Brigida Robalo
   • Rosário Stone
   • Margarida Almeida

   Clinical Quiz 01 August 2009 Pages: 1473 - 1474

   

7. An unusual case of renal medullary hyperechogenicity and hypertension: answer

   • Brigida Robalo
   • Rosário Stone
   • Margarida Almeida

   Clinical Quiz 01 August 2009 Pages: 1475 - 1476

8. Effect of all-trans retinoic acid on renal expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-2, matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in rats with glomerulosclerosis

   • Yuan-Han Qin
   • Feng-Ying Lei
   • Yu-Sheng Pang

   Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1477 - 1486

   

9. Age-dependent renal expression of acid-base transporters in neonatal ureter obstruction

   • Guixian Wang
   • Sukru Oguzkan Topcu
   • Jørgen Frøkiær

   Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1487 - 1500

   

10. Mutations in the ROBO2 and SLIT2 genes are rare causes of familial vesico-ureteral reflux

    • Shulu Zu
    • Zsuzsa Bartik
    • Agneta Nordenskjöld

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1501 - 1508

    

11. Bicarbonate therapy improves growth in children with incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis

    • Ajay P. Sharma
    • Ram N. Singh
    • Guido Filler

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1509 - 1516

    

12. Experience with tacrolimus in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

    • Lavjay Butani
    • Rajendra Ramsamooj

    Original Article Open access 01 August 2009 Pages: 1517 - 1523

    

13. Long-term outcome of idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome: a multicenter study

    • Djalila Mekahli
    • Aurelia Liutkus
    • Pierre Cochat

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1525 - 1532

    

14. Urinary proteins in children with urinary tract infection

    • Lena Andersson
    • Iulian Preda
    • Sverker Hansson

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1533 - 1538

    

15. Bedside diagnosis of outpatient childhood urinary tract infection using three-media dipslide culture test

    • Francisco E. Anacleto
    • Lourdes P. Resontoc
    • Grace H. Padilla

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1539 - 1543

    

16. Left ventricular mass in normotensive, prehypertensive and hypertensive children and adolescents

    • Stella Stabouli
    • Vasilios Kotsis
    • Nikos Zakopoulos

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1545 - 1551

    

17. Pediatric end stage renal disease health-related quality of life differs by modality: a PedsQL ESRD analysis

    • Stuart L. Goldstein
    • Nicole M. Rosburg
    • James W. Varni

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1553 - 1560

18. Quality of life of adolescents with end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant

    • Isolina Riaño-Galán
    • Serafín Málaga
    • Alfredo Vallo

    Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1561 - 1568

19. Absence of mutations in the HOXA11 and HOXD11 genes in children with congenital renal malformations

    • Ioanna Bouba
    • Ekaterini Siomou
    • Ioannis Georgiou

    Brief Report 01 August 2009 Pages: 1569 - 1572

20. Overlapping presentation of fungal tubulointerstitial nephritis in an immunosuppressed pediatric patient

    • James B. Tee
    • Vivian Reznik
    • Henry F. Krous

    Brief Report Open access 01 August 2009 Pages: 1573 - 1575

    

21. Fibrillary glomerulonephritis and renal failure in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus

    • Shina Menon
    • Xu Zeng
    • Rudolph Valentini

    Brief Report 01 August 2009 Pages: 1577 - 1581

    

22. Efficacy of zinc supplements in reducing relapses in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

    • Sasi Arun
    • Shinjini Bhatnagar
    • Arvind Bagga

    Brief Report 01 August 2009 Pages: 1583 - 1586

    

23. The value of sequential dialysis, mannitol and midodrine in managing children prone to dialysis failure

    • Daljit K. Hothi
    • Elizabeth Harvey
    • Denis Geary

    Brief Report 01 August 2009 Pages: 1587 - 1591

24. Efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil for steroid and cyclosporine resistant membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I

    • Shuichi Ito
    • Akiko Tsutsumi
    • Shumpei Yokota

    Letter to the Editors 01 August 2009 Pages: 1593 - 1594

    

25. Hyponatremia in children with respiratory tract infection

    • Kazunari Kaneko
    • Ken-ichiro Kaneko

    Letter to the Editors 01 August 2009 Pages: 1595 - 1595

26. Hyponatremia as a marker of invasiveness of pediatric respiratory tract infections

    • Massimiliano Don
    • Giuliana Valerio
    • Matti Korppi

    Letter to the Editors 01 August 2009 Pages: 1597 - 1598

27. UTI in infancy: are voiding cystourethrography and prophylactic antibiotics necessary?

    • Hee Gyung Kang
    • Beom Hee Lee
    • Yong Choi

    Letter to the Editors 01 August 2009 Pages: 1599 - 1601

    

28. Erratum to: Erythropoietin dosing in children with chronic kidney disease: based on body size or on hemoglobin deficit?

    • Ruediger E. Port
    • Otto Mehls

    Erratum 01 August 2009 Pages: 1603 - 1603