Dedication. Foreword. Conference Participants. 1. Effect of Aminoguanidine on Induced-diabetic Rabbits and Diabetic Patients with ESRD; C.D. Brown, et al. 2. Impact of Nutrition in Uremic Diabetics; M.M. Avram. 3. New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Permeability in Diabetes; D.A. Antonetti, et al. 4. Apoptosis and Neurdegeneration in Diabetes: Lessons From the Retina; A.J. Barber, et al. 5. Diabetic Macular Edema; F.L. Ferris III. 6. Diabetic Vitrectomy Update; S.T. Charles. 7. Medical Approaches to Preventing Vision Loss from Diabetic Retinopathy; R.I. Klein, B.E.K. Klein. 8. Ocular Findings at Onset of Uremia; D.H. Berman. 9. Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Current Treatment Strategies for Progression; J.A. Sheindlin. 10. Microalbuminuria in Perspectives; C.E. Mogensen. 11. Which Comes First: Renal Injury or Microalbuminuria? S.M. Mauer, et al. 12. Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in Patients with Renal Failure; L.T. Clark, O. Abe. 13. Reducing Mortality for Diabetes Patients on Hemodialysis; Y. Worerdekal. 14. Long-Term Perspective on Utility of Peritoneal Dialysis in Diabetes; P.S. Passadakis, D.G. Oreopoulos. 15. Complications of Post-transplant Diabetes; M.S. Markell. 16. Prevalent US Transplant Center Policies Towards Pancreas Transplantation for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; A.L. Friedman, E.A. Friedman. 17. Pancreas Transplantation: Does It Have a Future? J.S. Najarian. 18. Novel Applications for Recombinant Human Erythropoietin; A. Cerami, et al. 19. Lessons Learned Since the Last Renal-Retinal Conference; E.A. Friedman.