Prilozi / Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, Oddelenie za biološki i medicinski nauki = Contributions / Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Section of Biological and Medical Sciences
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(Full text is available at http://www.manu.edu.mk/prilozi). The Macedonian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (MSNDTVO) held its Fourth Congress with international participation from 21 to 24 June 2012, in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (ERA-EDTA) was a patron of this congress with support in the form of a one-day course for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and with a number of topics presented from members of the group for development of recommendations (European Renal Best Practice - ERBP group). ⋯ The Congress was rated by all delegates and lecturers to be on a high scientific level and well organized. Of particular importance is also the fact that, after many years, all presidents of the national nephrology associations and nephrologists from the Balkans and beyond were gathered together, which enabled an exchange of experience and achievements, but also the possibility of considering an actual dimension of the achieved level of implementation of particular guidelines in the respective countries, as a special incentive for further development where it is really needed. The Fourth Congress of MSNDTAO was successful in scientific terms, but also showed the good-will for regional cooperation and friendship for the generations of nephrologists from the wider Balkan region, showing that despite political turbulences, nephrologists remain doctors without borders and prejudices.