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ERA-EDTA FLASH is the official ERA-EDTA E-NEWSLETTER No 174, March 2019
Editor in Chief: María José Soler Romeo
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![]() ![]() World Kidney Day - Kidney Health for everyone everywhere!
In support of World Kidney Day (WKD), which aims to raise awareness on kidney diseases, especially among politicians and other stakeholders, we have asked Carmine Zoccali, the ERA-EDTA President, to comment on this disease and its threatening dimensions (850 million people worldwide are affected by kidney disease).
![]() ![]() NDT 2018 updates on basic kidney research
From bench to bedside! In 2018, NDT published a series of very interesting articles on basic research topics that were related to fibrosis, inflammation, glomerular filtration and kidney disease progression.
NDT New Issues Alert
![]() First Impact Factor due in 2019
The Clinical Kidney Journal (CKJ) has been selected to be indexed in the Science Citation Index and will receive its first Impact Factor in 2019. Explore high impact research from NDT and CKJ.
Discover the new NDT-Educational@ENP!
Summary reports from the Annual ERA-EDTA Congress and more educational content are available on NDT-Educational@ENP! Register to receive its biweekly newsletter. Subscription is free of charge.
![]() Rare Kidney Disease Webinars
The ERA-EDTA Working Group on Inherited Kidney Diseases (WGIKD) and ERKNet, the European Reference Network for Rare Kidney Diseases, are pleased to present Rare Kidney Disease Webinars, an educational initiative that is freely accessible to all users. A new Webinar will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm CET (3:00 pm UK time, 5:00 pm Eastern European time). Emmanuelle Plaisier (Paris, France) will give a presentation on ‘Renal Manifestations Related to COL4A1 Mutations’. Register here to receive the access link to the Webinar. If you would like to be notified automatically about future Rare Kidney Disease Webinars, please sign up here for the ERKNet Newsletter.
![]() Get ready for the 2019 ERA-EDTA Clinical Short Term Fellowships and Registry Fellowships!
The new ERA-EDTA Young Fellowship Programme Call will open on March 7, 2019 at 14.00 CET and will close on April 9, 2019.
If you are 40 years old or younger, do not miss this opportunity. All the necessary information and the application form are available here.
![]() We need your help
The ERA-EDTA Working Groups are promoting surveys with the scope of improving the quality of care and outcomes of patients affected by kidney diseases. Your participation in these important ERA-EDTA initiatives is extremely valuable. Do not miss the chance to take the surveys below.
Survey to define the priority of the topics related to the nutritional treatment in non-dialysis CKD, promoted by ERN. Management of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with chronic kidney disease, promoted by EURECA-m.
![]() In memory of Prof. François Berthoux
The ERA-EDTA is in mourning for the loss of Prof. François Berthoux, a renowned representative of European Nephrology as well as Honorary member and Past President of the ERA-EDTA. The ERA-EDTA Council and the whole Association would like to honour the life and achievements of Prof. François Berthoux with an In Memoriam tribute written by Prof. Christoph Mariat.
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