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CKR Publications 2003

Below is a listing of papers published by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2003.

Caldwell PHY, Butlow PN, Craig JC. Pediatrician's attitudes toward randomized controlled trials involving children. Current Pediatrics (Russia). 2003; 2(1):21-26

Caldwell PHY, Butlow PN, Craig JC. Parent's attitudes to randomized controlled trials involving children. Journal of Pediatrics. 2003; 145(5):554-559
[PubMed Abstract]

Habashy D, Hodson EM, Craig JC. Interventions for steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome: a systematic review Pediatric Nephrology. 2003; 18:906-912
[PubMed Abstract]

Hodson E. The management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children. Paediatric Drugs. 2003;5(5):335-49
[PubMed Abstract]

Hodson EM. The management of nephrotic syndrome in children Pediatric Drugs. 2003; 5:279-349
[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

Hodson EM, Michael M, Craig JC, Martin S, Moyer VA. Short duration antibiotic therapy for UTI's: a comparison of two meta-analyses. Author's reply Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2003; 88:89-91

Michael M, Hodson EM, Craig JC, Martin S, Moyer VA. Short versus standard duration oral antibiotic therapy for acute urinary tract infection in children The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 1:.CD003966
[PubMed Abstract] [ Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Mitchell RL, Higgins GY, Craig JC. Cochrane renal group report American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2003; 41(4):884-90

Mitchell RL, Higgins GY, Craig JC. Cochrane renal group report American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2003; 42(4):837-41

Samuels JA, Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Schena FP, Molony D. Immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agents for treating IgA nephropathy The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4: CD003965
[PubMed Abstract] [Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Samuels JA, Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Schena FP, Molony D. Non immunosuppressive treatment for IgA nephropathy The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 1 [Protocol]
[Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Strippoli GF, Manno C, Schena FP. [Critical appraisal of systematic reviews of randomised trials in nephrology: theory and practice for interpreting level I evidence] Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia 2003 Nov-Dec;20(6):615-24.

[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GF, Di Paolo S, Cincione R, Di Palma AM, Teutonico A, Grandaliano G, Schena FP, Gesualdo L. Clinical and therapeutic aspects of diabetic nephropathy. Journal of Nephrology. 2003 Jul-Aug;16(4):487-99
[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GF, Manno C, Schena FP. [Causality in nephrology: study design and objectives of future research] Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia. 2003 Sep-Oct;20(5):503-11.
[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GF, Manno C, Schena FP. [Nephrology evidence and guidelines: current tools and several still open questions] Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia. 2003 May-Jun;20(3):271-9.
[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GF, Manno C, Schena FP. An "evidence-based" survey of therapeutic options for IgA nephropathy: assessment and criticism. American Journal of Kidney Disease. 2003 Jun;41(6):1129-39
[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GFM, Craig M, Schena FP, Craig JC. Antihypertensive agents for preventing diabetic kidney disease Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4 [Protocol]
[PubMed Abstract] [Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Strippoli GFM, Craig M, Schena FP, Craig JC. Antihypertensive agents for preventing the progression of diabetic kidney disease. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 2
[ Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Strippoli GF, Manno C, Schena FP, Craig JC Haemoglobin and haematocrit targets for the anaemia of chronic renal disease. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, (1):CD003967
[PubMed Abstract] [ Cochrane Library Full text] [Subscription may be required outside Australia]

Wheeler D, Vimalachandra D, Hodson EM, Roy LP, Smith G, Craig JC. Antibiotics and surgery for vesicoureteric reflux: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Archives of Diseases in Childhood. 2003; 88: 688-694
[PubMed Abstract]

Sureshkumar P, Bower W, Craig JC, Knight JF. Treatment of daytime urinary incontinence in children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Urology. 2003; 170(1):196-200, discussion 2003
[PubMed Abstract]

Wu H, Walters G, Knight JF, Alexander SI DNA Vaccination against specific pathogenic TCRs reduces proteinuria inactive Heymann nephritis by inducing specific antibodies Journal of Immunology. 2003 Nov; 171(9): 4824-9
[PubMed Abstract]