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| Prefaces | |
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| Introduction and how to use this book | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Nomenclature | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The kidney: structural overview | |
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| The kidney: functional overview | |
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| Development of the renal system | |
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| Clinical features of kidney disease | |
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| The kidney: laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging | |
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| Basic renal science | |
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| Renal sodium handling | |
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| Renal potassium handling | |
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| Renal acid-base and buffer concepts | |
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| Renal acid-base handling | |
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| Calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism | |
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| The kidney and water handling | |
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| Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease | |
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| Renal vascular biology | |
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| Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney | |
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| Renal pharmacology: diuretics | |
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| Disorders of renal metabolic function | |
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| Hereditary disorders of tubular transport | |
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| Regulation of body sodium and body water | |
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| Disorders of sodium and water metabolism | |
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| Hyponatremia and hypernatremia | |
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| The edema states: sodium and water retention | |
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| Regulation of potassium metabolism | |
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| Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia | |
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| Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium | |
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| Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia | |
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| Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances | |
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| Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis | |
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| Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, and respiratory alkalosis | |
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| Renal tubular acidosis | |
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| Renal disease processes | |
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| Glomerular disease: an overview | |
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| Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases | |
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| Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli | |
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| Tubulointerstitial disease | |
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| Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome | |
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| Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation | |
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| Hypertension: complications and therapy | |
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| Diabetes mellitus and the kidney | |
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| Renal vascular disease | |
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| Polycystic kidney disease | |
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| Acute renal failure: pathophysiology | |
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| Acute renal failure: clinical aspects | |
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| Chronic renal failure and renal bone disease | |
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| Chronic renal failure: clinical complications and their management | |
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| Treatment of renal failure with dialysis | |
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| Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration | |
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| Renal transplantation | |
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| Urinary tract infection | |
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| Renal tract stones | |
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| Renal tract cancer | |
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| Pregnancy and the renal system | |
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| Clinical cases | |
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| Clinical cases for self-assessment | |
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| Clinical cases: answers and explanations | |
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| Index | |