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Friday, September 3, 1999


8.15 - 8.35 INTRODUCTION AUDITORIUM 1

8.35 - 9.15 State of Art Lecture L1 AUDITORIUM 1
Jan Brod Memorial Lecture
IS THERE A GENETIC LINK BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND HYPERTENSION ?

E. Ritz (Germany)
Chairperson: K. Matoušovic (Czech Republic)

9.15 - 9.45 Coffee Break

09.45 - 11.15 Symposium S1 AUDITORIUM 1
HAEMOLYTIC URAEMIC SYNDROME
Chairperson: S. Turi (Hungary), L.B. Zimmerhackl (Germany)

• EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE OF HUS IN ITALY: LESSONS FROM 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY - A. Gianviti (Italy)
• DIAGNOSIS AND TYPIFICATION OF EHEC FROM PATIENTS WITH HUS - M. Bielaszewska (Czech Republic)
• IDENTIFICATION OF VIRULENCE DETERMINANTS OF EHEC STRAINS - H. Karch (Germany)
• ATYPICAL HUS - M. Taylor (United Kingdom)


09.45 - 11.15 Symposium S2 AUDITORIUM 2
RICKETIC SYNDROMES IN RENAL DISORDERS
Chairperson: A. Edefonti (Italy), K. Stefanidis (Greece)

• MOLECULAR REGULATION AND MUTATIONS OF THE RENAL 1-ALPHA-HYDROSYLASE GENE - T. Portale (USA)
• HYPERCALCIURIA - GENETICS AND TREATMENT - G. Reusz (Hungary)
• PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF XL-HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS - R. Chesney (USA)
• PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LOW BONE TURNOVER IN CRF - I. Salusky (USA)


11.15 - 11.45 Lunch

11.45 - 13.15 Poster Sessions

Poster Session 1a)
DEVELOPMENTAL AND NEONATAL NEPHROLOGY / SYNDROMES WITH RENAL INVOLVEMENT

Chairperson: J.P. Guignard (Switzerland), J.G.J. van de Walle (Belgium)

P1 COLONIC H-K-ATPASE EXPRESSION IN MATURING KIDNEY
A.R. Constantinescu, B. Zavilowitz (USA)
P2 INVESTIGATION OF THE FETAL RENAL ARTERY WITH RENAL ECHOGENICITY
A. Surányi, K. Streitman, A. Pál, T. Nyári, C. Retz, J.-M. Foidart, J.-P. Schaaps, L. Kovács (Hungary)
P3 TUBULOINTRERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND UVEITIS (TINU SYNDROME)MOFETIL MYCOPHENOLATE (MMF)
V. Bačiulis, E. Paužaitë (Lithuania)
P4 MESALAZINE-INDUCED CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS IN ADOLESCENTS
M. Holder, H.E. Leichter, B. Moh (Germany)
P5 FETAL SERUM CYSTATIN C AND ß2-MICROGLOBULIN CONCENTRATIONS IN THE COURSE OF GESTATION
A. Bökenkamp, C. Dieterich, F. Dressler, K. Mühlhaus, U. Gembruch, R. Bald, M. Kirchstein (Germany)
P6 MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOPATHIES AS POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CHRONIC TUBULO INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS OR PROTEINURIA
G. Montini, L. Murer, R. Dall´Amico, M. Della Vella, G. Piovesan, C. Angelini, G. Zacchello (Italy)
P7 BRAIN WATER IN FETAL AND NEWBORN RABBITS AS ASSESSED BY H1-NMR RELAXOMETRY: ITS RELATION TO TISSUE HYALURONAN
Z. Nyul, E. Berényi, Z. Vajda, P. Bogner, I. Repa, T. Dóczi, G. Sedin, E. Sulyok (Hungary)
P8 INFANTILE-ONSET MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY DISEASE: FIRST REPORT OF EXTRACAPILLARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
J. Oh, H. Michals, R. Waldherr, O. Mehls, B. Tönshoff (Germany)
P9 CONGENITAL UROGENITAL MALFORMATIONS IN INFANTS CONCIEVED BY INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION
T. Camlibel, D. Cankat (Turkey)
P10 NEPHROBLASTOMATOSIS, FETAL GIGANTISM AND SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS: THE PERLMAN SYNDROME
K. Schilke, R. Waldherr, W. Rohrschneider, C. John, U. Himbert (Germany)
P11 DISSOCIATION BETWEEN HEART RATE (HR) AND BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) IN RELATION TO THE ACTIVITY LEVEL DURING THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF LIFE
A. Pomeranz, H. Toledano, T.Z. Dolfin, Z. Korzets, A. Sadeh, B. Wollach (Israel)
P12 FREQUENCY OF RENAL ABNORMALITIES IN CHILDREN WITH TURNER SYNDROME
I. Bilge, H. Kayserili, S. Emre, A. Nayir, A. Sirin, F. Bas, G. Kilic, S. Basaran (Turkey)
P13 RENAL FUNCTION OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO CYCLOSPORINE IN UTERO
P. Lo Giudice, L. Dubourg, A. Hadj-Aissa, M.H. Said, O. Claris, P. Audra, P. Cochat (France)

Poster Session 2a)
TUBULOPATHY

Chairperson: J. Brodehl (Germany), E. Leumann (Switzerland)

P26 PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI (PC) IN A CHILD WITH FAMILIAL HYPOMAGNESEMIA-HYPERCALCIURIA (FHH) UNDER THIAZIDE TREATMENT
A. Gregorič, K. Bračič, G. Novljan, N. Marčun-Varda (Slovenia)
P27 PSEUDO-BARTTER SYNDROME AS A PRESENTATION OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF)
Z. Doležel, L. Kopečná (Czech Republic)
P28 URINARY EXCRETION OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND PHOSPHATE IN HYPERCALCIURIC CHILDREN: IMPLICATION FOR CALCIUM UROLITHIASIS
L. Kovacevic, Z. Smoljanic, M. Gajic, O. Jovanovic, G. Basta-Jovanovic (Yugoslavia)
P29 AMINOGLYCOSIDES AND RENAL MAGNESIUM HOMEOSTASIS IN HUMANS
R.O. von Vigier, A.C. Truttmann, M.G. Bianchetti (Switzerland)
P30 PROLONGED EXPIERENCE WITH HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE AND AMILORIDE IN CHILDREN WITH NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS
V. Kirchlechner, D. Koller, R. Seidl, F. Waldhauser (Austria)
P31 RENAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTINURIA: 15 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP
A. Sirigu, A.M. Aurino, E. Calabrese, V. Vrola, G. Lama (Italy)
P32 RISK OF NEPHROCALCINOSIS IN PRETERM INFANTS?
B. Hoppe, I. Duran, A. Hesse, D.V. Michalk, B. Roth (Germany)
P33 HYPERCALCIURIA IN PATIENTS WITH IDDM TYPE I
A. Raes, S. Van Aken, M. Craen, J. Vande Walle (Belgium)
P34 THE IMPLICATIONS OF REDUCED FRACTIONAL URATE CLEARANCE (FEUR) IN HYPOPLASTIC KIDNEYS - TWO CASE REPORTS
L. Patzer, J. Misselwitz, H.A. Simmonds (Germany)
P35 STUDY OF THE EXHAUSTION OF RENAL CONCENTRATION CAPACITY
A. Vila, L. Callis, J. Nieto, E. Lara, M. Cabanero (Spain)
P36 IMPAIRED URINARY CONCENTRATION ABILITY IN CHILDREN WITH IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA
F. Emma, G. Leozappa, M. Abelli, G. Rizzoni (Italy)
P37 DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A CHILD WITH RENAL MAGNESIUM WASTING AND HYPERCALCIURIA
J.B. Palcoux, C. Dauphin, J.R. Lusson, M. Meyer (France)
P38 NO EVIDENCE FOR TUBULAR IMPARMENT AFTER HIGH-DOSE-METHOTREXAT (HD-MTX)
K. Kentouche, C. Leder, F. Ringelmann, L. Hempel, J. Misselwitz (Germany)
P39 TUBULAR REABSORPTION OF MINERALS IN CHILDREN WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1 (IDDM)
A. Šufliarska, D. Michálková, L. Kovács (Slovakia)

Poster Session 3a)
VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX

Chairperson: M. Hall (Belgium), R. Beetz (Germany)

P55 RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX AND PYELONEPHRITIS IN INFANCY ON FORMATION OF RENAL SCARS
M. Goldman, T. Bistritzer, T. Horne, Y. Villa, I. Zoareft, M. Aladjem (Israel)
P56 EXCRETION OF URINARY MICROPROTEINS AS AN INDEX OF RENAL INJURY IN CHILDREN WITH VESICOURETERAL REFLUX
K.D. Kollios, A. Moulas, A. Mavridis, Z.L. Papadopoulou-Couloumbis (Greece)
P57 THE ROLE OF URODYNAMICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VESICOURETERAL REFLUX
D. Batinic, K. Vrljičak, L. Nižic, D. Miloševic (Croatia)
P58 VESICOURETERAL REFLUX: MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION RATES FOR DIFFERENT AGE AT PRESENTATION
M.E. Salsano, E. Calabrese, V. Vrola, I. Luongo, A. Piscitelli, G. Lama (Italy)
P59 FOLLOW UP OF REFLUX NEPHROPATHY BY DMSA RENAL SCAN
V. Vrola, E. Calabrese, G. Ruocco, A. Sirigu, P.F. Rambaldi, G. Lama (Italy)
P60 A NEW APPROACH TO VESICOURETERIC REFLUX: RESULTS OF A FOUR YEARS LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN 46 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH ECHO-ENHANCED MICTURATING CYSTOSONOGRAPHY
M. Bosio (Italy)
P61 EARLY DIAGNOSIS: IS IT REALLY USEFUL IN THE PREVENTION OF REFLUX NEPHROPATHY?
G. Marra, V. Barberis, M. Di Mascio, V. Cecchetti (Italy)
P62 QUANTITATIVE DIRECT RADIONUCLIDE CYSTOGRAPHY VERSUS VOIDING CYSTOURETROGRAPHY
M. Saraga, D. Vukic-Košuljandic, V. Markovic, A. Punda, A. Staničic (Croatia)
P63 PERINATAL AND POSTNATAL VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (1988-1998) ON 68 NEWBORNS
C. Fede, R. Chimenz, S. Racchiusa, L. De Pasquale, G. Conti (Italy)
P64 POTENTIAL ROLE OF CYSTOSONOGRAPHY WITH ECHOCONTRAST IN THE IMAGING OF VESICOURETERAL REFLUX
C. Fede, R. Chimenz, G. Ascenti, G. Zimbaro, S. Mazziotti, E. Scribano (Italy)
P65 THE RELATION OF URINARY PAF AND FENa, AN INDICATOR OF RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN LOW GRADE REFLUX
I. Akil, A. Hüseyinov, S. Mir, A. Cura (Turkey)
P66 HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPES AND BLOOD PRESSURE SALT-SENSITIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH REFLUX NEPHROPATHY (RN)
H. Jardim, A. Santos, F. Correia, A. Caldas, P. Serrao, L. Guerra, J. Polónia, P. Soares-da-Silva, M. Pestana, M. Bicho (Portugal)

Poster Session 4a)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Chairperson: O. Koskimies (Finland), R. Kenda (Slovenia)

P81 NATIONAL AUDIT: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS
E. Levtchenko, J. Levy, H. Ham, A. Piepsz (Belgium)
P82 INCREASED INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH COELIAC DISEASE
V. Fanos, P. Matti, G. Verlato, C. Pizzini, C. Maffeis (Italy)
P83 RENAL PARENCHYMAL LOCALIZATION OF INFECTION IN FEBRILE UTI: RELATIONSHIP WITH AGE AND VESCICO-URETERAL REFLUX
P. Pecile, C. Romanello, E. Miorin, A. Tenore (Italy)
P84 INVESTIGATION OF THE FIRST URINE INFECTION - IS IT REALLY NECESSARY? - A POPULATION BASED STUDY
R. Coward, L. Reynolds, D. Stevens, B. Witcombe, L. Jadresic (UK)
P85 RENAL CORTICAL SCINTIGRAPHY IN CHILDREN: ESTIMATION OF DIFFERENTIAL FUNCTION WITH MAG3 AND DMSA
A. Smokvina, S. Grbac-Ivankovic, N. Girotto (Croatia)
P86 RISK FACTORS OF RENAL LESIONS ON DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID (DMSA) SCINTIGRAPHY DURING FIRST URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) IN CHILDREN
J.M. Fernández, J.L. Matesanz, N. Fernández, G. Solis, J.L. Pérez, S. Ballesteros, S. Málaga (Spain)
P87 CYTOKINES IN CHILDREN WITH PYELONEPHRITIS
S. Paunova, A. Kucherenko, Ch. Markov, L. Revenkova, N. Goltsova, E. Temerina, V. Komar, O. Anochina (Russia)
P88 EXPLOITATION OF PRENATAL AND NEONATAL ULTRASOUND (US) SCREENING OF UROPATHIES AND INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) IN CHILDREN BELOW 1 YEAR OF AGE
H. Flögelová, P. Geier, K. Michálková, I. Vránová, S. Hanáková (Czech Republic)
P89 THE RELIABILITY OF URINARY SPECIFIC GRAVITY (U-SG) BY BED-SIDE MULTISTIX DETERMINATION
A. Drukker, A.S. de Buys Roessingh, J.-P. Guignard (Switzerland)
P90 THE RELATION BETWEEN AGE AND RENAL LESIONS IN ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS
S. Yüksel, N. Cakar, N. Kara, S. Özalp, G. Yüksel, H. Kocak (Turkey)
P91 URODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION USEFULNESS IN CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (RUTI)
D. Zwolinska, A. Wawro, D. Patkowski, K. Musial, J. Wawro, J. Czernik (Poland)
P92 PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 (PLA2) AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) IN ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN: CORRELATION WITH DMSA SCAN
E. Grouteau, J. Fauvel, G. Blum, E. Ouhayoun, J.P. Salles, S. Decramer, H. Chap, P. Barthe, F. Bouissou (France)

Poster Session 5a)
GLOMERULOPATHIES

Chairperson: M. Brandis (Germany), A. Tsygin (Russia)

P108 AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING IN CHILDREN WITH MULTICYSTIC KIDNEY DYSPLASIA
T. Seeman, U. John, K. Bláhová, H. Vondřichová, J. Janda, J. Misselwitz (Czech Republic)
P109 PEDIATRIC RENAL BIOPSY: AMBULATORY PROCEDURE VERSUS OVERNIGHT HOSPITALIZATION
C. Mourani, S. Mallat, A. Koleilat, C. Akatcherian (Lebanon)
P110 SERUM INTERLEUKIN-8 IN VIRAL HEPATITIS-ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN
A.N. Tsygin, T.B. Sentsova, A.B. Ryaposova, E.L. Korolkova, O.V. Chumakova (Russia)
P111 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN RENAL AGRIN
A.J.A. Groffen, C.A.F. Buskens, J.H. Veerkamp, L.A.H. Monnens, L.P.W.J. van den Heuvel (The Netherlands)
P112 GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE (GBM) THICKNESS IN CHILDRENBELOW 1 YEAR OF AGE
I.J. Ramage, A.G. Howatson, J.H. McColl, H. Maxwell, A.V. Murphy, T.J. Beattie (UK)
P113 MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF GLOMERULAR INJURY IN A PATIENT WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (CASE REPORT)DETERMINATION
G. Basta-Jovanovic, L. Kovacevic, S. Kovacevic, R. Bogdanovic (Yugoslavia)
P114 GLOMERULAR INJURY IN MYELODYSPLATIC SYNDROMES
R. Bogdanovic, M. Kuzmanaovic, G. Jovanovic-Basta, V. Nikolic, M. Ognjanovic, G. Bunjevački, J. Markovic-Lipkovski (Yugoslavia)
P115 POLYMORPHISM OF ?-ADDUCIN AND ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) IN NORMOTENSIVE AND PROTEINURIC YOUNG IgA NEPHROPATHY PATIENTS (IgAN)
R. Coppo (Italy)
P116 SCREENING OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN ACQUIRED GLOMERULAR NEPHROPATHIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
A. Ammenti, L. Allegri, M. Attanasio, L. Manenti, C. Buzio (Italy)
P117 MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
D. Morin, L. Ichay, M.L. Dumas, H. Valette, R. Dumas (France)
P118 INCREASED SERUM LEVELS OF IgA ANTIBODIES TO MYCOBACTERIAL ANTIGEN 60(A60) IN IgA NEPHROPATHY (IgAN)
C. Pecoraro, M. Del Pezzo, R. D´Arcangelo, V. Grisolia (Italy)
P119 IATROGENIC VASCULAR RENAL LESION AFTER RENAL BIOPSY TREATED BY SUPERSELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL EMBOLIZATION
A. Kolský, J. Kováč, J.H. Peregrin, I. Novák, J. Hrdlička, I. Urbanová, M. Buncová, M. Dejlová (Czech Republic)
P120 SUBPOPULATIONS OF LYMPHOCYTES OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD IN CHILDREN WITH SUBMICROSCOPIC AND MESANGIAL PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
W. Zoch-Zwierz, R. Wiercinski, A. Stasiak-Barmuta, A. Wasilewska, W. Winiecka, B. Tomaszewska (Poland)
P121 CLINICAL FEATURES OF THIN BASEMENT MEMBRANE NEPHROPATHY (TBMN) IN CHILDREN
M.J. Baptista, M.H. Silva, S. Sampaio, E. Costa, V. Faria, A. Caldas, H. Jardim (Portugal)
P122 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN´S AGE AND RENAL BIOPSY
A. Pogan, K. Sancewicz-Pach, W. Miezynski, B. Urbanowicz (Poland)

Poster Session 6a)
THERAPY OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Chairperson: P. Hoyer (Germany), M. Šašinka (Slovakia)

P143 THE RESPONSE OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME TO A THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF PRIMARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
T.S. Voznesenskaya, T.V. Sergeyeva (Russia)
P144 CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY IN NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
E.M. Hodson, J.F. Knight, N.S. Willis, J.C. Craig, L.P. Roy (Australia)
P145 TREATMENT OF FOCAL AND SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS (FSGS) WITH PLASMA EXCHANGE AND IMMUNOABSORPTION
G. Filler, D. Franke, M. Zimmering (Germany)
P146 RENAL FUNCTION AND INCIDENCE OF NEPHROTIC CRISIS ON CYCLOSPORINE TREAMENT OF IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDDROME
J. Gellermann, G. Filler (Germany)
P147 TREATMENT OF STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (SRNS) IN CHILDREN WITH FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS (FSGS) WITH METHYLPREDNISOLONE PULSE (MP) AND ALKYLATING AGENTS
M. Vázquez-Martul, J. Vara, A. Fernández, E. Izquierdo, J.L. Ecija, R. Muley (Spain)
P148 ACUTE POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (APSGN) IN CHILE: 19 YEARS OF OBSERVATION: 1980-1998
E. Lagomarsino, X. Berrios, E. Solar (Chile)
P149 EVALUATION OF THE EFICACY OF HIGH DOSES OF GLUCOCORTICOSTEROIDS IN RELAPSES OF PRIMARY STEROIDRESISTANT IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (INS) OCURRING DURING CYCLOSPORINE A TREATMENT
J. Ksiazek, T. Wyszynska, A. Wieteska, A. Tysarowska, M. Gorzkowska-Paczwa, T. Dorywalski (Poland)
P150 LONG TERM IV METHYLPREDNISOLONE THERAPY IN STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS
S. Emre, N. Yildiz, A. Sirin, L. Sever, I. Bilge, S. Caliskan, I. Kilicarslan, G. Özbay, F. Ökten, A. Nayir (Turkey)
P151 ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN - MANIFESTATION, CLINICAL FEATURES
B. Pundziene, V. Kuzminskis, D. Dobiliene, J. Masalskiene (Lithuania)
P152 TREATMENT OF FREQUENT RELAPSING, STEROID-DEPENDENT AND STEROID-RESISTANT MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (MCNS) IN 160 CHILDREN
N.D. Savenkova, A.V. Papayan (Russia)
P153 BISPHOSPHONATES IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
I. Pela, G.C. Lavoratti, D. Seracini, G. Bindi, F. Galluzzi (Italy)
P154 THERAPY OF STEROID-RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH METHYLPREDNISOLONE PULSES, CYCLOSPORINE AND PREDNISONE
J. Weglarska, L. Hyla-Klekot, E. Bortkiewicz, D. Finke, A. Szmigielska, M. Sieniawska (Poland)
P155 HEPATITIS B VIRUS VACCINATION IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID SENSITIVE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
N. Yildiz, S. Caliskan, L. Sever, F. Cullu, E. Akdenizli, Ö. Kasapcopur, N. Arisoy (Turkey)
P156 CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE THERAPY IN FREQUENT RELAPSING AND STEROID DEPENDENT MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME: NEW INSIGHTS FROM AN OLD PROTOCOL
U. Vester, S. Zimmermann, P.F. Hoyer (Germany)
P157 SIDE EFFECTS OF LONG TERM CYCLOSPORINE A TREATMENT IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID DEPENDENT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
C. Azema, S. Decramer, P. Barthe, M.T. Pieraggi, F. Bouissou (France)

Poster Session 7a)
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE

Chairperson: T. Neuhaus (Switzerland), G. Rizzoni (Italy)

P171 TOTAL PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE
J. Muscheites, E. Peters, E. Drückler, M. Wigger, H.J. Stolpe (Germany)
P172 THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN A ON ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY IN RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
A. Soylu, S. Kavukcu, A. Temiz, F. Kuralay, M. Türkmen, O.K. Batkurt (Turkey)
P173 EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN A ON THE COURSE OF RENAL ABLATION NEPHROPATHY
A. Soylu, S. Sarýodlu, S. Kavukcu, H. Astarcýodlu, M. Türkmen, B. Büyükgebiz, A. Güre (Turkey)
P174 EVALUATION OF CYSTATIN C (Cys C) AS A NEW MARKER OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR) IN CHILDREN
J. Delmiš, A. Zubčic, E. Topic, N. Antoljak, A. Teši, M. Žigman, P. Majdak (Croatia)
P175 MYOFIBROBLASTIC TRANSDIFFERENTIATION OF TUBULAR CELLS: A POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE PROGRESSIVE RENAL SCLEROSIS
A. Amore, P. Cirina, G. Conti, R. Coppo (Italy)
P176 ACTIVATION OF ANTICOAGULATION SYSTEM IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE - ROLE OF HOMOCYSTEINEMIA AND FOLIC ACID
M. Litwin, R. Grenda, H. Lukasiewicz, E. Teklinska, T. Kuryl (Poland)
P177 NATIONAL SURVEY OF RENAL DISEASES IN CHILDREN IN VENEZUELA
N. Orta-Sibú, M. Ariza, J.C. Moriyon, M. López, J. Chávez (Venezuela)
P178 EFFECT OF ACE INHIBITORS ON INDOMETHACINE IN REDUCING PROTEINURIA IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT NEPHROPATHY
A. Vila, L. Callis, J. Nieto, R. Vilalta, E. Lara, C. Banez (Spain)
P179 PROTEIN, ENERGY AND LIPID INTAKE IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
J. Zachwieja, A. Dobrowolska-Zachwieja, W. Bobkowski, J. Stachowski, J. Maciejewski (Poland)
P180 AGEs LEVELS IN NON-DIABETIC CHILDREN WITH ADVANCING UREMIA
L. Podracká, K. Šebeková, M. Šašinka, G. Munch, A. Heideland, R. Schnitzel, L. Kovács (Slovakia)
P181 INCREASED EXCRETION OF URINARY TGF-? AND PDGF IN CHILDREN WITH PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULAR DISEASES
L. Podracká, M. Šašinka, A. Böör, H. Hrbková, M. Frankovičová (Slovakia)
P182 EVALUATION OF SIZE AND FUNCTION OF KIDNEYS IN CHILDREN WITH WILMS TUMOR AFTER NEPHRECTOMY
A. Brodkiewicz, A. Puchalska, P. Juszkiewicz, B. Birkenfeld, A. Ciechanowicz, J. Peregud-Pogorzelski, J. Bukowski, B. Millo, J. Fydryk (Poland)
P183 ENALAPRIL TREATMENT IN ALPORT SYNDROME: A TWO-YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
D. Trouet, M. Van Dyck, W. Proesmans (Belgium)
P184 MANAGEMENT OF ESRD DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE - A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE AT THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE 1988-1997
Ch. Licht, F. Eifinger, G. Offner, D.V. Michalk, U. Querfeld (Germany)
P185 HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH LIPOPROTEIN(a) LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH ADVANCING UREMIA
L. Podracká, M. Šašinka, T. Baltesová, E. Rybárová, H. Hrbková (Slovakia)

Poster Session 8a)
HEMODIALYSIS / METABOLIC BONE DISEASE

Chairperson: A. Appiani (Italy), R. Dumas (France)

P201 CONTINUOUS VENOVENOUS HEMO(DIA)FILTRATION (CVVH(D)F) IN CHILDHOOD, INDICATIONS AND RESULTS
M. Hladík, T. Zaoral (Czech Republic)
P202 ABSENCE OF MUTATIONS IN TYPE II Na/Pi-COTRANSPORTER GENE IN FAMILIAL HYPOPHOSPHATAEMIA WITH ELEVATED 1,25-DIHYDROXY-VITAMIN D AND HYPERCALCURIA
K. op den Coul, C. Buskens, R. Baumgarten, P. Jira, L. Monnens, L. van den Heuvel (The Netherlands)
P203 MORBIDITY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON DIALYSIS IN REPUBLIC GEORGIA
I.G. Rtskhiladse, K. Chikhradse (Georgia)
P204 ARTERIAL FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION IS DECREASED BY HEMODIALYSIS
M.R. Lilien, A.J. Rabelink, H.A. Koomans, C.H. Schröder (The Netherlands)
P205 INTRAVENOUS IRON SUPPLEMENTATION IN PEDIATRIC HEMODIALYSIS
M.R. Lilien, J. Frankhuisen, C.H. Schröder (The Netherlands)
P206 STUDY OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID SENSITIVE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME. A 2 YEARS FOLLOW-UP STUDY AFTER DIAGNOSIS
D. Morin, L. Ichay, P.O. Kotzki, M.L. Dumas, H. Valette, R. Dumas (France)
P207 MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND BONE STRUCTURE OF CHILDREN WITH RENAL DISEASES
K. Tenbrock, S. Kruppa, B. Tutlewski, D. Michalk, U. Querfeld, E. Schönau (Germany)
P208 BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF BONE TURNOVER IN THE DIAGNOSIS RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY IN DIALYZED CHILDREN
N. Besbas, E. Baskin, U. Saatci, A. Bakkaloglu, R. Topaloglu, S. Özen, G. Hascelik (Turkey)
P209 CALCULATION OF KT/V UREA IN HAEMODIALYSIS: APPLICATION OF PATIENTS WEIGHT LOSS VERSUS MEASURED ULTRAFILTRATION
C.M.L. van Dael, M.R. Lilien, J.J. Frankenhuizen, C.H. Schröder (The Netherlands)
P210 PROTEIN TURNOVER, GROWTH FACTORS AND BONE DENSITY DURING rhGH THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE (CRF)
P. Kapila, S. Mather, R. DeBruyn, J. Leonard, L. Rees (UK)
P211 SEQUENTIAL CHANGES IN Ca-P METABOLISM POST RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN
P. Koch Nogueira, M.C. Chapuy, M.O. Joly, L. Douburg, L. David, P. Cochat (France)
P212 1,25 (OH)2D3 MODULATES DIHYDRO-TESTOSTERONE DRIVEN PROLIFERATION OF RAT GROWTH PLATE CHONDROCYTES
D. Haffner, K. Vosberg, F. Schaefer, U. Hügel, G. Klaus, O. Mehls (Germany)
P213 CARNITINE SUPPLEMENTATION IN HEMODIALYSED CHILDREN: EFFECTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL FINDINGS, LIPID PROFILE AND MUSCLES
F. Bouissou, C. Fabre, M. Romésy, D. Mestery, M. Yung, G. Cabal, J. Piquemal, G. Marmin, G. Boesen, M.F. Foures, P. Barthe (France)
P214 TRABECULAR BONE DENSITY (TBD) REFLECTS SKELETAL INVOLVEMENT IN PRIMARY HYPEROXALURIA TYPE I (PH1)
M.J. Kemper, B. Behnke, H.-P. Kruse, D.E. Müller-Wiefel (Germany)

Poster Session 9a)
RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

Chairperson: G. Offner (Germany), R. Trompeter (United Kingdom)

P229 THE ROLE OF HYPERTENSION IN CHRONIC RENAL ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION
A. Szabo, O. Patschan, V. Müller, G. Reusz, R. Rettig, U. Heemann (Germany)
P230 SCREENING FOR INHERITED THROMBOPHILIC RISK FACTORS BEFORE HEMODIALYSIS (HD) AND RENAL TRANSPLANTATION (T)
M.A. Macher, V. Baudouin, C. Nassiri, M.F. Hurtaud-Roux, N. Schlegel, C. Loirat (France)
P231 RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN
R. Galíndez, J. Araujo, M. Bacqué, R. La Mura, A. Nieto, R. Giniger (Argentina)
P232 SERUM LIPIDS IN CHILDREN AFTER LIVER OR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - FIVE YEARS´ FOLLOW UP
A. Siirtola, M. Antikainen, M. Ala-Houhala, C. Holmberg, M.K. Salo (Finland)
P233 FINAL HEIGHT OF CHILDREN WITH RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
G. Offner, B. Enke, K. Latta, J. Strehlau, J.H.H. Ehrich (Germany)
P234 POST-RENAL TRANSPLANT ERYTHROCYTOSIS TREATED WITH AN ANGIOTENSIN II AT1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST - LOSARTAN
F. Cachat, J.-P. Guignard (Switzerland)
P235 CLINICAL PREDICTORS FOR CHRONIC REJECTION IN PEDIATRIC RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
B. Damiani, L. Ghio, M. Cardillo, M. Giani, A. Edefonti, M. Scalamogna, E. Taioli (Italy)
P236 NON COMPLIANCE AND GRAFT LOSS AFTER TRANSFER FROM PAEDIATRIC TO ADULT RENAL TRANSPLANT UNIT
A.R. Watson, E.A. Moore (UK)
P237 ZERO HOUR RENAL BIOPSY IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTED CHILDREN
L. Murer, G.F. Zanon, B. Andreetta, R. Dall´Amico, P.G. Gamba, M. Della Vella, T. Visentin, G. Zacchello (Italy)
P238 BODY MASS INDEX AS A MARKER OF RELATIVE OBESITY IN PEDIATRIC RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS TREATED BY DEFLAZACORT
R. Feneberg, F. Schaefer, C. Paschen, G. Klaus, O. Mehls, K. Schärer (Germany)
P239 APOLIPOPROTEIN a [APO(a)] ISOFORMS HAVE A STRONG INFLUENCE ON LONG-TERM RENAL GRAFT SURVIVAL REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF HLA MISMATCHES
F. Wahn, V. Daniel, G. Opelz, M. Wiesel, D. Michalk, U. Querfeld (Germany)
P240 DETECTION OF CORONARY CALCIFICATIONS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ON RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY BY ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (EBCT)
F. Eifenger, F. Wahn, U. Querfeld, M. Pollok, A. Gevargez, P. Kriener, D. Grönemeyer (Germany)
P241 PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE OF CHILDREN IN DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAMME: CHANGES BETWEEN 1994-1998
M. Nesrstová, H. Chladová, J. Pekárková, J. Janda (Czech Republic)

13.15 - 14.45 Symposium S3 AUDITORIUM 1
THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chairperson: M. Bianchetti (Switzerland), G. Celsi (Sweden)

• INTERMITTENT AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING IN CHILDHOOD - M. Soergel (Germany)
• 1999 GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION - G. Paratti (Italy)
• CLINICAL USE OF ORALLY AVAILABLE ANGIOTENSIN II-ANTAGONISTS - B. Waeber (Switzerland)


13.15 - 14.45 Symposium S4 AUDITORIUM 2
BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD) IN RENAL DISORDERS
Chairperson: J. Feber (Czech Republic), C. Molgaard (Denmark)

• PTH BUT NOT 1,25(OH)2D3 INCREASES BMD IN UREMIC RATS - C.P. Schmitt (Germany)
• BMD IS INCREASED IN HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS - G. Filler (Germany)
• IS BMD DECREASED IN CHILDREN AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION ?- J. Feber (Czech Republic)
• HOW TO MEASURE BMD IN THE GROWING SKELETON: GENERAL GUIDELINES - C. Molgaard (Denmark)


14.45 - 16.15 Free Communications I. AUDITORIUM 1
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Chairperson: L.M. Callis (Spain), K. Tullus (Sweden)
14.45 - 14.58
O1 DOWNREGULATION OF KIDNEY TGF-ß mRNA EXPRESSION BY LOSARTAN IN EXPERIMENTAL PYELONEPHRITIS IN MICE
K. Tullus, A. Khalil, A. Brauner (Sweden)
14.58 - 15.11
O2 RISK FACTORS FOR RECURRENCES AND VALUE OF ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP AFTER THE FIRST URINARY TRACT INFECTION UNDER THE AGE OF ONE YEAR
M. Nuutinen, M. Uhari (Finland)
15.11 - 15.24
O3 DMSA SCANNING AFTER URINARY TRACT INFECTION: EVALUATION OF NATIONAL GUIDELINES
P. Deshpande, K. Verrier Jones (United Kingdom)
15.24 - 15.37
O4 ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS: COMPARISON OF 3 VS 10 DAYS I.V. ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
E. Girardin, T. Neuhaus, J.-P. Papazyan, U.V. Willi, I. Bikic, D. Nadal, D. Slosman, D. Benador (Switzerland)
15.37 - 15.50
O5 EFFICACY OF COMBINED DESMOPRESSIN ALARM (DA) THERAPY ON ENURETIC CHILDREN. A DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY
R.N. Sukhai, A.A.M. Leebeek-Groenewegen, J. Blom, A.J. van der Heijden (The Netherlands)
15.50 - 16.15
** Invited Lecture ** MODERN COMMUNICATION IN MEDICINE
J. Vejvalka (Czech Republic)

14.45 - 16.15 Free Communications II. AUDITORIUM 2
KIDNEY DISEASE IN SYSTEMIC DISORDERS
Chairperson: M. Barratt (United Kingdom), U. Saatci (Turkey)
14.45 - 15.10
** Invited Lecture ** MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
A. Bakkaloglu (Turkey)
15.10 - 15.23
O6 GRANULOCYTE SERINE PROTEINASE (PROTEINASE 3 AND ELASTASE) DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
G. Basta-Jovanovic, D. Opric, K. Radotic, L. Kovacevic (Yugoslavia)
15.23 - 15.36
O7 KIDNEY INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN WITH WEGENER´S GRANULOMATOSIS
V.M. Belostotsky, V. Shah, M.J. Dillon (United Kingdom)
15.36 - 15.49
O8 RENAL ANGIOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN WITH POLYARTERITIS NODOSA
P.A. Brogan, R. Davies, I. Gordon, M.J. Dillon (United Kingdom)
15.49 - 16.02
O9 EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH PULSE CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE I.V. ON THE EVOLUTION OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN
G. Barbano, B. Damasio, R. Gusmano, F. Perfumo (Italy)
16.02 - 16.15
O10 HETEROGENITY OF TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS (TIN) AND UVEITIS (U) SYNDROME (TINU SYNDROME)
C. Pecoraro, E. Ricci, A. Pinto, R. D´Arcangelo, L. Raineri, C. Pignata (Italy)

16.15 - 16.45 Coffee Break

16.45 - 17.25 State of the Art Lecture L2 AUDITORIUM 1
PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF PROTEINURIA AND THE PROGRESSION OF RENAL FAILURE
G. Remuzzi (Italy)
Chairperson: R. Gusmano (Italy)

17.30 - 18.30 Clinical Conference T1
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GN
M. Dillon (United Kingdom)
W. Proesmans (Belgium)

RPGN is the clinical correlate of the histologically defined condition of crescentic glomerulonephritis and is characterized by the presence of extensive crescents in renal biopsy specimens and by sudden and progressive decline in renal function. In childhood, although comparatively rare, it can be seen in the context of a variety of conditions (post infectious, autoimmune disorders, small vessel vasculitis, primary glomerulonephritides, etc) and the aetiology may be of importance in terms of choice of therapy and outcome. In spite of aggressive therapeutic approaches RPGN carries a poor prognosis for renal function and currently it is difficult to assess the efficacy of various treatment regimes. This conference will address aspects of diagnosis and treatment of the various forms of RPGN utilizing clinical examples to illustrate the issues involved and inviting comment from experts in the field as well as conference attendees in what, it is hoped, will be a lively and exciting debate.


17.30 - 18.30 Clinical Conference T2
URINARY TRACT DILATATION IN NEWBORNS AND INFANTS
U. Jodal (Sweden)
I. Gordon (United Kingdom)
Sponzored by Mallinckrodt Company

Prenatal hydronephrosis is now a common diagnosis. The majority of these children have a dilated renal pelvis often called a PUJ (obstruction). Few natural history studies are available to help guide us in the correct investigations their timing and what are the indications for surgical intervention. Cases will be presented to highlight the clinical dilemma and the role of ultrasound and diuretic renography in further understanding this condition. This will be followed by a full discussion.


20.00 - 21.30 Concert St. NICHOLAS CHURCH