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• Editorial
• Guest Editorial
• Section 1: Perinatal Programming of Chronic Kidney Disease
• Section 2: Chronic Kidney Disease and the Elderly
• Section 3: Racial/Ethnic Groups at High Risk
• Public Policy
• Ethics
• Wildcard

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Editorial 

Editorial

Wendy Weinstock Brown97

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Guest Editorial 

Clinical Challenges in Vulnerable CKD Populations

Andrew S. Narva, Anne M. Murray, and Pascale H. Lane99

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Section 1: Perinatal Programming of Chronic Kidney Disease 

Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Fetal Programming of Hypertension and Kidney Disease

Norma B. Ojeda, Daniela Grigore, and Barbara T. Alexander101

Disparities in Renal Endowment: Causes and Consequences

Julie R. Ingelfinger107

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Section 2: Chronic Kidney Disease and the Elderly 

Geriatric Hemodialysis Rehabilitation Care

Sarbjit Vanita Jassal, Ernest Chiu, and Marilyn Li115

Cognitive Impairment in the Aging Dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease Populations: An Occult Burden

Anne M. Murray123

Maintaining Quality of Life at the End of Life in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population

Michael J. Germain and Lewis M. Cohen133

Potential Impact of Medicare Part D in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population

Wendy L. St. Peter140

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Section 3: Racial/Ethnic Groups at High Risk 

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Trends of End-Stage Renal Disease: United States, 1995 to 2005

Nilka Ríos Burrows, Yanfeng Li, and Desmond E. Williams147

Community-Partnered Approaches to Enhance Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevention, and Early Intervention

Roberto B. Vargas, Loretta Jones, Chrystene Terry, Suzanne B. Nicholas, Joel Kopple, Nell Forge, Anne Griffin, Margo Louis, Lilly Barba, Linda Small, Keith C. Norris, and the Building Bridges to Optimum Health World Kidney Day Los Angeles 2007 Collaborative153

Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Reduction in a Hispanic Population Through Pharmacist-Based Disease-State Management

Sandra Leal and Marisa Soto162

Reducing the Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease Among American Indians

Andrew S. Narva168

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Public Policy 

State Approaches to Stem Toll of Chronic Kidney Disease

Dolph Chianchiano174

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Ethics 

Ethical Issues in the Care of Vulnerable Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: The Elderly, Cognitively Impaired, and Those From Different Cultural Backgrounds

Sara N. Davison and Jean L. Holley177

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Wildcard 

Iron Indices and Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms in Hemodialysis Patients

Marcello Amato, Stefania Pacini, Stefano Aterini, Tiziana Punzi, Massimo Gulisano, and Marco Ruggiero186

Self-Efficacy and Self-Management Behaviors in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Roberta Braun Curtin, Brian A. J. Walters, Dorian Schatell, Philip Pennell, Meg Wise, and Kristi Klicko191

National Kidney Foundation 2008 Spring Clinical Meetings Abstracts April 2–6, 2008206