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CKR Publication 2001

Below are listed papers published by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2001.

Ando T, Wu H, Watson D, Hirano T, Hirakata H, Fujishima M, Knight JF. Infiltration of canonical V-gamma-4/V-delta-1 gamma-delta T cells in an adriamycin induced progressive renal failure model. Journal of Immunology 2001;167:3740-3745
[PubMed abstract]

Craig JC. Irwig LM. Stodkler M. Evidence-based medicine:useful tools for decision making. Medical Journal of Australia 2001;174:248-53
[PubMed abstract]

Craig JC. Urinary tract infection: new perspectives on a common disease. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2001;14:309-314
[PubMed abstract]

Craig JC. Trial of the month: Can ACE inhibitor therapy prevent end-stage renal failure?. Medical Journal of Australia 2001;175:276
[PubMed entry]

Durkan AM, Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC. Immunosuppressive agents in childhood nephrotic syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Kidney International 2001;59:1919-27
[PubMed abstract]

Elliott EJ, Robins-Browne RM, O'Loughlin EV, Bennett-Wood V, Bourke J, Henning P, Hogg GG, Knight JF, Powell H, Redmond D. Nationwide study of haemolytic uraemic syndrome : clinical, microbiological and epidemiological features. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2001;85:125-31
[PubMed abstract]

Hodson EM. Craig JC. In steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) in children, is there clear evidence that steroids given every second day are more beneficial in terms of reducing relapse rate and side effects compared with half the dose given every day?. Pediatric Nephrology. 16(12):1159-60, 2001 Dec.
[PubMed abstract]

Hodson, EM, Craig JC. Willis N. Management of the initial episode of steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome. (Letter) Pediatric Nephrology 2001;16:526-7
[PubMed abstract]

Hodson EM, Knight JF, Willis NS, Craig JC. Corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome in children The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 1:CD001533
[PubMed abstract] [Cochrane Library Full text] Subscription may be required outside Australia

Lee A, Cooper MC, Craig JC, Knight JF, Keneally JP. Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on post-operative renal function in normal adults (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 2: CD002765
[ PubMed abstract][Cochrane Library Full text] Subscription may be required outside Australia

Sureshkumar P, Craig JC, Roy LP, Knight JF. Daytime urinary incontinence in primary school children: A population-based survey. Journal of Pediatrics 2001; 139: 609 (reply to letter to the editor)

Sureshkumar P, Craig C, Roy LP, Knight JF. A reproducible pediatric daytime urinary incontinence questionnaire. Journal of Urology;165:569-73
[PubMed abstract]

Vimalachandra D, Craig JC, Cowell CT, Knight JF. Growth hormone treatment in children with chronic renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Pediatrics 2001; 139:560-567
[PubMed abstract]

Vimalachandra D, Craig JC, Cowell CT, Knight JF. Growth hormone treatment in children with chronic renal failure. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2001, Issue 4:CD003264
[PubMed abstract] [ Cochrane Library Full text] Subscription may be required outside Australia

Walters G, Wu H, Knight JF. Glomerular T cells in Heymann nephritis. Clinical and Experimental Immunology 2001;126:319-25
[PubMed abstract]

Williams G, Lee A, Craig J. Antibiotics for the prevention of urinary tract infection in children: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Pediatrics 2001;138:868-74
[PubMed abstract]

Willis N. The Cochrane Renal Group: updating a review. (CKR Publications,2001)

Wu H, Clarkson AR, Knight JF. Restricted gamma-delta T cell receptor repertoire in IgA nephropathy renal biopsies. Kidney International 2001;60:1324-31.
[PubMed abstract]

Wu H, Zhang G, Knight JF. T -cell receptor BV gene usage in the interstitial cellular infiltrates in Heymann nephritis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2001;16:1374-81
[PubMed abstract]

Yuen SY, Lau KF, Steinberg AW, Grattan-Smith PJ, Hodson EM. Intracranial venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism with antiphospholipid syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2001;37:405-8
[PubMed abstract]