*Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy; †Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain; ‡Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France; §Department of Nephrology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal; ‖Department of Nephrology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki Greece; ¶Georg-Haas-Dialysis Centre, Giessen, Germany; **Department of Nephrology, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; ††Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Poznan[Combining Acute Accent] University of Medical Sciences, Poznan[Combining Acute Accent], Poland; ‡‡Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care, St. Bortolo Hospital, Vincenza, Italy; and §§Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Section, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Correspondence: Prof. Francesco Locatelli, Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, A. Manzoni Hospital, Via dell'Eremo 9/11, I-23900 Lecco, Italy. Phone: +39-0341-489850; Fax: +39-0341-489860; E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted September 22, 2008
Received June 10, 2008