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Conference Presentations 2002

Below is a listing of conference presentations (oral presentations, posters, free communications, etc) presented by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2002.

11th Annual Scientific Meeting. Australian Epidemiological Association. Wellington, New Zealand, 5-6 Sept 2002.

Williams G, Karplus T, Hodson EM, Yung W, Macaskill P, Chan S, Craig JC Accuracy of ultrasonography for renal artery stenosis: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test studies

12th National Congress of Child Health & 11th Asian Pediatric Federation Conference.Bali, Indonesia, 30 Jun-4 Jul 2002

Hodson E. Pathophysiology and Management of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome in Children [Lecture]

Hodson E. New approaches to the the Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children [Lecture]

20th Annual Scientific Meeting. Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Canberra, 10-12 Apr 2002

Hu M, Zhang G, Walters G, Sartor M, Knight JF, Alexander S. T Cell Receptor V beta Usage by Alloreactive Lymphocytes in Paediatric Living Related Donor Renal Transplantation

Zhang GY, Hu M, Knight JF, Alexander S. Common TCR Vd5 CDR3 Rearrangement in T Lymphocytes Infiltrating Mouse Skin Allografts

35th Annual Meeting. American Society of Nephrology. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 Oct-4 Nov 2002

Craig JC Long-Term Antibiotics To Prevent Urinary Tract Infection in Children with Isolated Vesicoureteric Reflux: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002; 13 Sept: 3A

Strippoli GFM. Nephrology and randomised trials: are we asking intervention questions? Are we asking them Right? Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002; 13 Sept:4A [free communication]

Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Manno C, Shena FP Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Targets for the Anemia of Chronic Renal Failure: a Systematic Review of Randomized Trials. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002; 13 Sept:632A

38th Annual Scientific Meeting. Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN). Sydney, NSW, 2-4 Sept 2002

Habashy D, Hodson EM, Craig JC Interventions for steroid resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children: a systematic review Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A64

Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC and members of Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Nephrology Association though the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) One year follow-up of children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A64

Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Manno C, Pertosa G, Schena FP Targets of anemia treatment in chronic renal failure Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A72

Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Craig M, Schena FP Antihypertensive agents for preventing diabetic nephropathy and retarding its progression: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials [RCTs] Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A63

Webster A, Playford EG, Higgins G, Chapman JR, Craig J. IL2 receptor antagonists for renal transplant recipients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A82

Williams G, Karplus T, Hodson EM, Yung W, Macaskill P, Chan S, Craig JC Accuracy of ultrasonography for renal artery stenosis: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test studies Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A48

Wu H, Walters G, Alexander SI and Knight JF. DNA vaccination against specific pathogenic T cell receptors reduces proteinuria in active Heymann nephritis. Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl:A63

Wu H, Wang YP, Knight JF, Alexander SI and Harris DCH. Increased numbers of T cells in adriamycin- induced nephropathy V 6/V 1 and showing a canonical restriction of the CDR3 region. Nephrology 2002; 7 Suppl: A63

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. Postgraduate Course in Nephrology. Sydney, 31st Aug & 1st Sept 2002.

Elisabeth Hodson. The management of urinary tract infection and vesicoureteric reflux in children [Invited lecture]

From Cell to Society 3, College of Health Sciences, University of Sydney & the Medical Foundation Research Conference, Leura, NSW, 18-19 Sept 2002.

Caldwell PH, Craig JC, ButowPN Recruitment of children in randomized controlled trials

Codarini M, Craig JC, Hanson RM, Irwig L, Isaacs D, Macaskill P. Development of a diagnostic computer decision support system for children presenting with fever

Hamilton S, Craig JC Recruitment to a prevention trial

Sureshkumar P, Craig JC, Cummings R. Urinary tract infection and persistent daytime wetting in children: a population based cohort study

Hu M, Zhang G, Walters G, Sartor M, Watson D, Knight J, Alexander S. 1. Identical alloreactive T cell clones involved in acute rejection identified in vitro and in vivo in paediatric transplant patients

International Clinical Trials Symposium. Sydney NSW, 21-23 Oct 2002.

Hamilton S, Craig JC Recruitment for a paediatric prevention trial

Caldwell PH, Butow PN, Craig JC Paediatricians’ attitudes to randomised controlled trials involving children

Caldwell PH, Butow PN, Craig JC Parents’ attitudes to randomised controlled trials involving children

Caldwell PH, Craig JC, Hamilton S, Butow PN. Recruitment strategies for recruitment to RCTs: a systematic review of controlled trials and observational studies

Gunasekera H, Morrow A, Craig J. Antenatal ultrasound to detect reflux and obstructive uropathy: a diagnostic test meta-analysis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2002; 38(Supplement): A6. [Oral presentation, Young Investigator Finalist]

Paediatric Research Seminar. The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, 29 Jul 2002

Caldwell PH, Butow PN, Craig JC Parents’ attitudes to randomised controlled trials involving children