ERA-EDTA Immunonephrology working group.

The kidney, a victim and culprit of autoimmune and alloimmune responses.

The Working Group of the European Renal Association-European Nephrology and Dialysis Association (ERA-EDTA) dedicated to immune system involvement in renal disease (Immunonephrology Working Group) was established in 2009 to facilitate exchanges of ideas on basic science research and new treatment protocols among European nephrologists. A section of the ERA-EDTA website describes activities and ...

Early Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury

Prof. Vanholder, the number of ERA-EDTA’s scienti!c working groups has been growing over the last years. Some of them such as the Immunonephrology Working Group or EURECA-m have been active already for four or !ve years; others, e.g. DESCARTES or the MBD-CKD Working Group started last year. Are you satis!ed with the scienti!c output of these groups? Prof. Vanholder: Our concept of working group...

Should patients with CKD stage 5D and biochemical evidence of secondary hyperparathyroidism be prescribed calcimimetic therapy? An ERA-EDTA position statement.

This paper reflects the position of the CKD-MBD workgroup, an official working group of ERA-EDTA and of the ERBP advisory board, the official guideline-producing body of ERA-EDTA, on the topic of the use of calcimimetics in patients with CKD stage 5D, as based on two recent meta-analysis.

The ERA-EDTA Working Group on inherited kidney disorders.

Clinical evidence on hemodiafiltration: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

The general objective assigned to the European DIALysis (EUDIAL) Working Group by the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) was to enhance the quality of dialysis therapies in Europe in the broadest possible sense. Given the increasing interest in convective therapies, the Working Group has started by focusing on hemodiafiltration (HDF) therapies. ...