The top ten charts the articles that have been downloaded most often, in PDF format, from the Kidney International website in recent weeks. The chart does not rank the quality, scientific significance or citation impact of the content. However, it may bring articles to your attention that you might not have otherwise noticed. We hope you enjoy them.
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Effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) on progression of kidney disease
Linda F Fried
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.231
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for evaluation of anemia
Colin T White, Brendan J Barrett, Francois Madore, Louise M Moist, Scott W Klarenbach, Rob N Foley, Bruce F Culleton, Marcello Tonelli and Braden J Manns
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.268
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Pravastatin improves renal ischemia–reperfusion injury by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway
Satoru Sharyo, Naoko Yokota-Ikeda, Miyuki Mori, Kazuyoshi Kumagai, Kazuyuki Uchida, Katsuaki Ito, Melissa J Burne-Taney, Hamid Rabb and Masahiro Ikeda
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.210
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Managing anemia in dialysis patients: hemoglobin cycling and overshoot
Ajay K Singh, Edgar Milford, Steven Fishbane and Sai Ram Keithi-Reddy
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.59
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Bisphosphonate nephrotoxicity
Mark A Perazella and Glen S Markowitz
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.356
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Proteinuria in diabetic kidney disease: A mechanistic viewpoint
J A Jefferson, S J Shankland and R H Pichler
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.128
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Hyperphosphatemia of chronic kidney disease
Keith A Hruska, Suresh Mathew, Richard Lund, Ping Qiu and Raymond Pratt
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.130
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Telmisartan is more effective than losartan in reducing proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy
George Bakris, Ellen Burgess, Matthew Weir, Giora Davidai and Stephen Koval
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.204
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High alkaline phosphatase levels in hemodialysis patients are associated with higher risk of hospitalization and death
Margaret J Blayney, Ronald L Pisoni, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Juergen Bommer, Luis Piera, Akira Saito, Takashi Akiba, Marcia L Keen, Eric W Young and Friedrich K Port
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.248
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