[Report from the XXVIII Congress of ERA-EDTA, Vienna, June, 2001].

This paper refers to selected reports on nephrology and renal dialysis therapy presented on the XXXVIII Congress of European Renal Association--European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), held in 2001 in Vienna. Special attention was paid to diagnosis and therapy of renal anaemia, calcium-phosphate metabolism, Fabry's disease and vascular access in hemodialysed patients.