Functional and immunological studies in children with chronic renal failure: the effects of uremia and dialysis treatment

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 General Introduction

Part One PERITONEAL TRANSPORT AND FUNCTION

Chapter 2 Standard peritoneal permeability analysis in children.

Chapter 3 Dialysate CA125 levels in children treated with peritoneal dialysis.

Part two IMMUNOGLOBULINS

Chapter 4 Immunoglobulins in chronic renal failure of childhood: effects of dialysis modalities.

Chapter 5 IgG glycation and function during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Chapter 6 Impaired antibody response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in children with renal disease.

Part three IgG AND COMPLEMENT RECEPTORS

Chapter 7 Effects of peritoneal dialysis treatment and peritonitis on IgG and complement receptor expression on phagocytes in children.

Chapter 8 Fcγ and complement receptor expression on peripheral white blood cells in uremic children.

Part four CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Chapter 9 Characteristics of peripheral and peritoneal white blood cells in children with chronic renal failure, dialyzed or not.

Chapter 10 Children with chronic renal failure have reduced numbers of memory B-cells.

Chapter 11 General Discussion and Summary

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