Vol. 20 No. 5 (2026): September

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About the cover: Agespecific DALY rates per 100,000 population for CKD globally, stratified by sex, age group, and birth cohort

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Published: 2026-10-19

REVIEW | Kidney Diseases

Comparative Effects of Febuxostat and Allopurinol on Renal Function and Serum Uric Acid Level in Chronic Kidney Disease and Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis

Davoud Raei Raei, Rahele Hamedanian, Marjan Mansourian, Fariba Pasha Zadeh, Maboobeh Hojati (Author)

253-267
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REVIEW | Transplantation

Association between Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Non-US Cohorts:A Systematic Review

Mina Vishte, Fatemeh Roodneshin, Mahtab Poorzamany Nejat Kermany, Hamidreza Samadpour, Nima Saeedi, Fereshteh Kimia (Author)

268-284
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ORIGINAL | Kidney Diseases

Prospective Comparative Evaluation of Lung Function in ESKD Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Versus Kidney Transplantation

Razie Shabani, Amirhesam Alirezaei, Rama Bozorgmehr, Ali Rostamiasl (Author)

285-293
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Global, SexSpecific, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Burden: An AgePeriodCohort Analysis

Rasoul Gholamiveis, Mahya Ashaby, Zahra Shaahmadi, Omid Bahiraee, Mehdi Moradinazar (Author)

294-307
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The Causal Relationship between Plasma Protein-to-Protein Ratios and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Proteomic Mendelian Randomization Study

Dawei Shen, Jiang Tan (Author)

308-318
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ORIGINAL | Transplantation

Evaluating and Comparing the Adherence to Immediate- Release Tacrolimus (Prograf®) Versus Extended-Release Tacrolimus (Advagraf®) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Mohammad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Maryam Moghadasi, Jamshid Roozbeh, Nakisa Rasaei, Marziyeh Doostfatemeh, Mahkameh Moradi-Mehrabadi, Iman Karimzadeh, Ibrahim Almenweer (Author)

319-331
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Investigating the Effects of GLP-1 Agonist (Liraglutide) Treatment on Weight Loss and Metabolic Markers in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients

Nooshin Amadi, Houra Akbari, Mohsen Nafar, Somaye Sadat Heidari, Hossein Tavakoli, Shiva Samavat, Nooshin Dalili (Author)

332-341
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LETTER

Acute Contaminant Breakthrough in Double-Pass Reverse Osmosis Water for Online Hemodiafiltration: A Monitoring Blind Spot, “The Samovar Makers’ Phenomenon”

Reza Hekmat (Author)

342-343
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