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Conference Presentations 1999- 1997

Below is a listing of conference presentations (oral presentations, posters, free communications, etc) presented by members of the Centre for Kidney Research from 1999 - 1997.

1999 | 1998 | 1997

Conference Presentations 1999

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. Brisbane, Mar 1999

Hodson EM, Knight JF, Willis NS, Craig JC. A systematic review of corticosteroid therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Craig JC, Irwig L, Ford M, Willis N, Howman-Giles RB, Uren RF, Rossleigh MA, Grunewald S. Reliability of DMSA for the diagnosis of kidney damage in children.

Craig JC, Wheeler D, Irwig L, Howman-Giles RB. How accurate is DMSA scintigraphy for the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis? A meta-analysis.

Wheeler D, Lee A, Pool R, Koirus M, Hebert D, Craig JC. Cholesterol following renal transplant in children: a seven year follow-up.

Williams GJ, Lee A, Craig JC. Do long-term antibiotics prevent urinary tract infection in children?

Kao Y, Knight JF, Donaghue K, Chan A, Silink M. An association between a variant of PON1 gene and diabetic microvascular complications.

Wu H, Zhang GY, Knight JF. T cell receptor gene usage in interstitial cellular infiltrates in active Heymann nephritis

Ando T, Wu H, Watson D, Hirano T, Hirakata H, Fuhishima M, Knight JF. Interstitial gamma delta T cells in adriamycin induced progressive glomerulosclerosis.

6th IPNA Symposium on Growth and Development in Children with Chronic Renal Failure. New York, March 1999.

Vimalachandra D, Craig JC, Cowell C, Lewis D, Knight JF . A systematic review of growth hormone treatment in children with chronic renal failure.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians [RACP]. Annual Scientific Meeting. Perth, May 1999.

Elliott EJ, Robins-Browne R, O'Loughlin EV, Henning P, Redmond D, Hogg G, Knight J, Powell H. When is haemolytic uraemic syndrome atypical? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A1.

Wheeler D, Vimalachandra D, Smith G, Roy LP, Craig JC. Antibiotic prophylaxis and surgery for the treatment of primary vesicoureteric reflux. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A2.

Hodson EM, Knight JF, Willis NS, Craig JC. A systematic review of corticosteroid therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A5.

Sureshkumar P, Roy LP, Knight JF, Craig JC. Prevalence of urinary incontinence, urinary tract infection and other voiding symptoms in Australian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A12

Sureshkumar P, Roy LP, Knight JF, Craig JC. A validated daytime urinary incontinence questionnaire.Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A17

Williams GJ, Lee A, Craig JC. Do long term antibiotics prevent urinary tract infection in children? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999, 35, A2

European Society of Paediatric Nephrology. 33rd Annual Meeting. Prague, 2-5 Sept 1999.

Hodson EM, Knight JF, Willis NS, Craig JC, Roy LP. A systematic review of corticosteroid therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

American Society of Nephrology. 32nd Annual Meeting. Miami,FL, 1-8 Nov 1999.

Craig JC, Vimalachandra D, Cowell C, Knight JF. Growth hormone treatment in children with chronic renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Craig JC, Hodson EM, Willis NS, Knight JF. Corticosteroid therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Craig JC, Wheeler DM, Vimalachandra D, Smith G, Roy LP. Antibiotic prophlyaxis and surgery for the treatment of primary vesicoureteric reflux: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Ando T, Watson D, Wu H, Hirano T, Hirakata H, Fujishima M, Knight JF. Infiltration of canonical V gamma 4/V delta 1cells in adriamycin-induced progressive glomerulosclerosis.

Conference Presentations 1998

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. 34th Annual Meeting. Auckland 9-12 Mar 1998.

Wu H, Zhang G, Knight JF. T-cells specific for a synthetic Heymann nephritis RAP peptide preferentially use V18.

Wu H, Zhang G, Knight JF. Inhibition of proliferation of T-cell lines specific for a synthetic Heymann nephritis RAP peptide by TCR antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting. Canberra, ACT, 1-3 Apr 1998

Zhang GY, Wu H, Knight JF. Restricted T-cell receptor repertoires involved in allorecognition of mutant H-2 antigens.

Wu H, Zhang GY, Clarkson AR, Knight JF. Conserved T-cell receptor V beta CDR3 sequences in IgA nephropathy biopsies.

American Society of Nephrology. 31st Annual Meeting. Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, 25-28 Oct 1998

Knight JF, Zhang GY, Wu H. Conserved T-cell receptor CDR3 sequences involved in allorecognition of mutant H-2 antigens [A0477]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 1998; 9 Program & abstracts:92A

Knight JF, Zhang GY, Wu H, Clarkson AR. Conserved T-cell receptor V beta CDR3 sequences in IgA nephropathy biopsies [A3334]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 1998; 9 Program & abstracts:652A

Craig JC, Wheeler D, Irwig L, Howman-Giles RB. How accurate is DMSA scintigraphy for the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis? A meta-analysis [0745]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 1998; 9 Program & abstracts:145A

JC Craig, L Irwig, M Ford, N Willis, RB Howman-Giles, RF Uren, MA Rossleigh, S Grunewald. Reliability of DMSA for the diagnosis of kidney damage in children [A0744] Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 1998; 9 Program & abstracts:144A

Zhang GY, Wu H, Knight JF. Conserved T-cell receptor repertoires involved in allorecognition of mutant H-2 antigens.

6th International Symposium on IgA Nephropathy. Leiden, Netherlands,7-11 June 1998

Wu H, Zhang GY, Clarkson AR, Knight JF. Conserved T-cell receptor V beta CDR3 sequences in IgA nephropathy biopsies.

Society of Nuclear Medicine. 45th Annual Meeting. Toronto 1998

Howman-Giles R, Craig J, Uren R, White G, Bernard E, Ford M, Crisp J. Variability in the interpretation of DMSA scintigraphy and application of oblique SPECT reconstruction.

Conference Presentation 1997

XIVth International Congress of Nephrology (ICN). Sydney, NSW, 25-29 May 1997

Craig JC. Familial and genetic aspects of vesicoureteric reflux.

Wu H, Zhang G, Ferrara L, Knight JF. Lymphocytes isolated from regional lymph nodes of rats with active Heymann nephritis respond to Fx1a in vivo. Nephrology 1997, 3, S96.

Wu H, Zhang G, Clarkson AR, Knight JF. Skewed usage of T-cell receptor Vgenes by cells infiltrating the kidney in IgA nephropathy. XIVth ICN Sydney May 1997. Nephrology 1997, 3, S359.

Elliott E, Henning PH, Knight JF, Powell HR for the APSU HUS Study Group. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Australia 1994-6. Nephrology 1997, 3, S83.

De Soysa SR, Sureshkumar P, Knight JF, Roy LP. The natural history of renal pelvicalyceal dilatation detected on antenatal ultrasound. Nephrology 1997, 3, S93.

Panaretto KS, Craig JC, Knight JF, Sureshkumar P, Roy LP. Recurrent urinary tract infection in children. Nephrology 1997, 3, S352.

Panaretto KS, Craig JC, Knight JF, Sureshkumar P, Roy LP. The natural history of childhood urine infection. Nephrology 1997, 3, S353.

Australian College of Pediatrics (ACP). Annual Scientific Meeting. Christchurch May 1997

Craig JC. Clinical overview of urinary tract infection.

Elliott E, Henning P, Hogg G, Knight JF, O'Loughlin E, Powell H, Redmond D, Robins-Browne R. Epidemiology of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Australia. .

American Society of Nephrology. 30th Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, 2-5 Nov 1997

Wu H, Zhang G, Knight JF. T-cells specific for a synthetic Heymann nephritis RAP peptide preferentially use V18 [A2179]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 1997; 8 Program & abstracts:469A