1. Editorial note

   Editorial Note 11 October 2008 Pages: 859 - 859

2. VEGF, COX-2, and PCNA expression in renal cell carcinoma subtypes and their prognostic value

   • Ayhan Dirim
   • Asuman Nihan Haberal
   • Hakan Ozkardes

   Original Article 07 March 2008 Pages: 861 - 868

   

3. Impairment of long-term graft function after kidney transplantation by intraoperative vascular complications

   • Guido Fechner
   • Carolin von Pezold
   • Stefan C. Müller

   Urology - Original Paper 06 May 2008 Pages: 869 - 873

   

4. Transarterial glue embolization in iatrogenic renovascular injuries

   • Nuri Cagatay Cimsit
   • Feyyaz Baltacioglu
   • Levent Turkeri

   Urology-Original Paper 24 April 2008 Pages: 875 - 879

   

5. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients with previous open stone surgery

   • Volkan Tugcu
   • Fuat Ernis Su
   • Ali Ihsan Tasci

   Urology - Original Article 09 April 2008 Pages: 881 - 884

6. Asymptomatic retained surgical gauze towel diagnosed 32 years after nephrectomy

   • Ibrahim Cevik
   • Ozdal Dillioglugil
   • Atif Akdas

   Urology - Original Paper 29 April 2008 Pages: 885 - 888

   

7. Ovulatory dysuria: a bizarre presentation of crossed non-fused ectopic kidney with extra renal pelvis

   • Raja R. Gopaldas
   • Thomas B. Walden

   Urology - Case Report 29 April 2008 Pages: 889 - 892

   

8. Gender and age differences in blood utilization and length of stay in radical cystectomy: a population-based study

   • Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas
   • Catherine Cooksley
   • Linda S. Elting

   Original Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 893 - 899

9. Genito-urinary polyps: summary of the 10-year experiences of a single institute

   • Abhay Kumar
   • Suren K. Das
   • Pratap B. Singh

   Urology - Original Paper 06 May 2008 Pages: 901 - 907

   

10. Metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa: “smaller twin” of a region’s prostatic diseases?

    • Chukwunonso E. C. C. Ejike
    • Lawrence U. S. Ezeanyika

    Review 21 February 2008 Pages: 909 - 920

    

11. Prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a population-based study in Iranian men 40 years old or older

    • Mohammad Reza Safarinejad

    Original Article 02 February 2008 Pages: 921 - 931

12. The relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), diagnostic indicators of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction in patients with moderate to severely symptomatic BPH

    • Asim Ozayar
    • Ali Ersin Zumrutbas
    • Onder Yaman

    Urology - Original Paper 24 April 2008 Pages: 933 - 939

    

13. Transurethral ethanol ablation of the prostate (TEAP): an effective minimally invasive treatment alternative to traditional surgery for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in high-risk comorbidity patients

    • Carlo Magno
    • Giuseppe Mucciardi
    • Giuseppe Morgia

    Urology - Original Paper 14 May 2008 Pages: 941 - 946

    

14. Further evidence for null association of phenol sulfotransferase SULT1A1 polymorphism with prostate cancer risk: a case–control study of familial prostate cancer in a Japanese population

    • Hidekazu Koike
    • Haruki Nakazato
    • Kazuhiro Suzuki

    Original article 27 March 2008 Pages: 947 - 951

15. Expression of p27^(Kip1), cyclin D3 and Ki67 in BPH, prostate cancer and hormone-treated prostate cancer cells

    • David Nikoleishvili
    • Ambrosi Pertia
    • Archil Chkhotua

    Original Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 953 - 959

    

16. Endobronchial metastasis from prostate cancer

    • Irini Gerogianni
    • Stavros Gravas
    • Michael D. Melekos

    Original Article 27 March 2008 Pages: 961 - 964

    

17. Impact of preoperative antiandrogen medication and nerve-sparing surgery on the outcome of radical prostatectomy

    • J. Hodzic
    • P. Jedrusik
    • K. Golka

    Urology-Original Paper 10 April 2008 Pages: 965 - 970

    

18. Erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease in patient with retroperitoenal fibrosis

    • Cem Akbal
    • Yılören Tanıdır
    • Ferruh Şimşek

    Urology - Original Paper 24 April 2008 Pages: 971 - 975

19. Evaluation of preoperative testicular volume in Japanese children with unilateral cryptorchidism

    • Hideyuki Kamisawa
    • Yoshiyuki Kojima
    • Kenjiro Kohri

    Urology - Original Paper 06 May 2008 Pages: 977 - 981

    

20. Is the presence of venous reflux really significant in the diagnosis of varicocele?

    • Ali E. Zumrutbas
    • Berkan Resorlu
    • Onder Yaman

    Urology - Original Paper 24 May 2008 Pages: 983 - 987

    

21. Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade on apoptotic changes in contralateral testis following unilateral testicular torsion

    • Gokhan Gokce
    • Hasan Karboga
    • Yener Gultekin

    Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 989 - 995

    

22. The clinical features of Fournier’s gangrene and the predictivity of the Fournier’s Gangrene Severity Index on the outcomes

    • Sahin Kabay
    • Mehmet Yucel
    • Ahmet Y. Muslumanoglu

    Urology-Original Paper 19 June 2008 Pages: 997 - 1004

23. Sertoli cell tumor of the testis: a case with late metastasis

    • Cuneyt Adayener
    • Ilker Akyol
    • Bulent Karagoz

    Urology - Case Report 24 May 2008 Pages: 1005 - 1008

    

24. Calcium and the saga of the binders: accumulating controversy, or building consensus?

    • David J. A. Goldsmith
    • Adrian Covic

    Nephrology - Editorial 04 October 2008 Pages: 1009 - 1014

25. Inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system and chronic kidney disease

    • Kostas C. Siamopoulos
    • Rigas G. Kalaitzidis

    Nephrology - Review 14 August 2008 Pages: 1015 - 1025

26. Challenges in pediatric peritoneal dialysis in Turkey

    • Mesiha Ekim
    • Sevcan A. Bakkaloglu
    • Lale Sever

    Nephrology - Review 04 September 2008 Pages: 1027 - 1033

    

27. Adrenal vein sampling may not be a gold-standard diagnostic test in primary aldosteronism: final diagnosis depends upon which interpretation rule is used

    • Gregory A. Kline
    • Adrian Harvey
    • Janice L. Pasieka

    Nephrology - Original Paper 12 August 2008 Pages: 1035 - 1043

28. Electronic microarray screening of podocin mutations: a single-center study

    • Onur Sakallioglu
    • Faysal Gok
    • Esra Baskin

    Nephrology - Original Paper 06 August 2008 Pages: 1045 - 1051

29. Establishing a renal management clinic in China: initiative, challenges, and opportunities

    • Ai-Hua Zhang
    • Hui Zhong
    • Tao Wang

    Nephrology - Original Paper 03 September 2008 Pages: 1053 - 1058

    

30. Comparison of methods for determination of glomerular filtration rate: low and high-dose Tc-99m-DTPA renography, predicted creatinine clearance method, and plasma sample method

    • Majid Assadi
    • Mohammad Eftekhari
    • Sakineh Assadi

    Nephrology - Original Paper 09 August 2008 Pages: 1059 - 1065

    

31. Plasma levels of fibroblast growth factor-23 and mineral metabolism in diabetic and non-diabetic patients on chronic hemodialysis

    • Fumiko Kojima
    • Keiko Uchida
    • Kosaku Nitta

    Nephrology - Original Paper 13 September 2008 Pages: 1067 - 1074

    

32. Magnesium supplementation helps to improve carotid intima media thickness in patients on hemodialysis

    • Faruk Turgut
    • Mehmet Kanbay
    • Adrian Covic

    Nephrology-Original Paper 21 June 2008 Pages: 1075 - 1082

    

33. Advantages of peritoneal dialysis in comparison to hemodialysis, in cardiac allograft recipients with end stage renal disease

    • Mufazzal Ahmad
    • Richardson Robert
    • Dimitrios Oreopoulos

    Nephrology-Original Paper 14 June 2008 Pages: 1083 - 1087

34. Lymphoma after living donor kidney transplantation: an Iranian multicenter experience

    • Vahid Pourfarziani
    • Saeed Taheri
    • Behzad Einollahi

    Nephrology-Original Paper 01 July 2008 Pages: 1089 - 1094

    

35. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) induced by cyclosporine use in a patient with collapsing focal glomeruloesclerosis

    • Rodrigo Alves de Oliveira
    • Lílian Magalhães Fechine
    • Leila S. V. Silva

    Nephrology - Case Report 26 July 2008 Pages: 1095 - 1098

    

36. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum

    • Mustafa Altay
    • Faruk Turgut
    • Murat Duranay

    Case report 19 January 2008 Pages: 1099 - 1101

    

37. Spontaneous and simultaneous rupture of both Achilles tendons and pathological fracture of the femur neck in a patient receiving long-term hemodialysis

    • Kemal Üreten
    • Mehmet Akif Öztürk
    • Selman Unverdi

    Nephrology - Case Report 08 August 2008 Pages: 1103 - 1106

    

38. Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery: a rare complication of Hickman line insertion

    • Glykeria Petrocheilou
    • Constantinos Kokkinis
    • Marianna Vlychou

    Nephrology - Case Report 16 August 2008 Pages: 1107 - 1110

    

39. Xanthine oxidase and the beneficial effect of allopurinol on blood pressure and renal function

    • Xu Duan

    Nephrology - Letter to the Editor 07 August 2008 Pages: 1111 - 1111

40. Erectile dysfunction in stroke patients: a multifactorial problem with important psychosocial consequences

    • Kosmas I. Paraskevas
    • Nikolaos Bessias
    • Vassilios Andrikopoulos

    Nephrology - Letter to the editor 06 August 2008 Pages: 1113 - 1114

41. Aliskiren: a rapidly, expanding role in the management of recalcitrant hypertension and renal disease

    • Shailendra Kapoor

    Nephrology - Letter to the editor 20 September 2008 Pages: 1115 - 1116

42. Aging and the immune system

    • Reginald M. Gorczynski
    • Ender Terzioglu

    Nephrology - Review 06 August 2008 Pages: 1117 - 1125

43. Dialysis or not in the very elderly ESRD patient

    • Mihaela Busuioc
    • Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir
    • Adrian Covic

    Nephrology - Review 03 September 2008 Pages: 1127 - 1132

44. Vascular access in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease

    • Nikolaos Bessias
    • Kosmas I. Paraskevas
    • Vassilios Andrikopoulos

    Nephrology - Review 16 September 2008 Pages: 1133 - 1142

45. Assisted peritoneal dialysis as a method of choice for elderly with end-stage renal disease

    • Nada Dimkovic
    • Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

    Nephrology - review 23 July 2008 Pages: 1143 - 1150

46. Promoting functioning and well-being in older CKD patients: review of recent evidence

    • Nancy G. Kutner

    Nephrology - Review 12 September 2008 Pages: 1151 - 1158