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Conference Presentations 2000

Below is a listing of conference presentations (oral presentations, posters, free communications, etc) presented by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2000.

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN). 36th Annual Scientific Meeting. Melbourne, VIC 15-17 Mar 2000

Ando T, Watson D, Wu H, Hirano T, Hirakata H, Fushishima M, Knight JF. Infiltration of canonical Vg4/Vd1 gd T cells in adriamycin-induced progressive glomerulosclerosis.

Craig JC, Willis NS, Hodson EM for ANZPNA and the APSU. Incidence of nephrotic syndrome in children in Australia.

Durkan A, Hodson E, Willis N, Craig J. Immunosuppressive treatment of children with relapsing nephrotic syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

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

Walters GD, Wu H, Knight JF. CDR3 spectratyping of antigen receptors from glomerular T cells in active Heymann nephritis.

Watson D, Ando T, Knight JF. Sequence and diversity of rat delta T cell receptor.

Wheeler DM, Craig JC Randomised controlled trials in nephrology: room for improvement?

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. 20th Annual Scientific Meeting. May 2000.

Zhang G, Hu M, Knight JF. A dominant TCR-BV rearrangement in T-cells infiltrating rejecting Kb mutant skin allografts.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians [RACP]. Annual Scientific Meeting., Adelaide, SA, May 2000.

Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC. Incidence of nephrotic syndrome in Australian children. Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Nephrology Association through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit.

Wheeler DM, Craig JC. Not another randomised controlled trial in paediatric nephrology!.

Williams G, Craig JC, Irwig L. Accuracy of urinalysis for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children.

Dalby-Payne J, Morris A, Craig JC. Cisapride for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Wheeler DM, Craig JC. Randomised controlled trials in paediatric nephrology: are more and better needed? Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Melbourne, May 2000.

American Society of Nephrology. 33rd Annual Meeting.Toronto,Canada, 11-16 October 2000

Craig JC, Wheeler, D M. Randomised controlled trials in clinical nephrology: Are more and better needed? [A0767] Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:143A

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

Durkan A, Hodson E, Willis N, Knight J, Craig, J Immunosuppressive agents in childhood steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS): a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [0778]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:145A

Watson D, Ando T, Knight JF. Sequence and Diversity of the Rat Delta T Cell Receptor [A2554]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:484A

Wu H, Walters GD, Knight JF. OligoclonalT cell expansion in human IgA nephropathy renal biopsies [A2555]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:484-485A

Walters G, Wu H, Knight JF. CDR3 spectratyping of antigen receptors from glomerular T cells in active Heymann Nephritis [A2552].Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:484A

Zhang GY, Hu M, Knight JF. A dominant TCR Vrearrangement in T cells infiltrating rejecting H-2 mutant skin allografts [A3560]. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2000; 11 Program & abstracts:676A

33rd Paediatric Endocrine Genes. Sydney NSW, 27-29 Oct 2000,

Yan-Lin K, Hu M, Knight JF, Cowell C, Willis NS, Knight JF. Scanning of Candidate Genes in Hypopituitarism

7th Asian Congress of Paediatric Nephrology, Singapore, 4-6 Nov 2000

Durkan AM, Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC. Immunosuppressive treatment of childhood steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome: A meta-analysis.

8th Cochrane Colloquium. Capetown, South Africa, Nov 2000

Craig JC, Irwig LM. Evaluating benefits and harms of interventions: the need for equality.

College of Health Sciences Research Conference, University of Sydney, Nov 2000.

Hamilton S, Craig JC, Knight JF, Simpson J, Irwig L, Smith G, Roy LP, Caldwell P, Reynolds G. PRIVENT: a randomised placebo-controlled trial of antibiotics to prevent urinary tract infection in children.

Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC.Incidence of nephrotic syndrome in children in Australia: a study through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit.

Willis NS, Craig JC, Mitchell R. The Cochrane Renal Group.

Hu M, Zhang GY, Knight JF. A dominant TCR Vrearrangement in T-cells infiltrating rejecting mutant skin allograft.

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

Wheeler DM, Craig JC. Randomised controlled trials in clinical nephrology: room for improvement?

Thompson DJ, Williams R, Knight JF.Antecedents of renal disease in Aboriginal children in New South Wales (the ARDAC study).

Caldwell P, Craig JC, Butow, PN. Recruitment of children in randomized controlled trials.

Vimalachandra D, Knight JF. The CARI Guidelines.

Watson D, Ando T, Knight JF. Sequence and diversity of the rat delta T cell receptor.

Walters G, Wu H, Knight JF. Glomerular T cells in Heymann nephritis.

30th Annual Conference of Australasian Society for Immunology. Sydney,NSW, 10-15 Dec 2000

Wu H, Clarkson AR, Knight JF. Restricted gamma-delta T cell receptor repertoire in IgA nephropathy renal biopsies.

Walters GD, Wu H, Knight JF. CDR3 spectratyping of antigen receptors from glomerular T cells in active Heymann nephritis.