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This illustrated full colour atlas describes all the aspects concerning the analysis of urinary sediment. Nephrologists and laboratory workers alike will learn the valuable clinical information which can be obtained by the simple analysis of the urinary sediment.

Cancer and the Kidney covers the challenging overlap area of nephrology and oncology, both in terms of kidney problems in cancer patients, and cancer that affects kidney patients, including assessment of kidney function, to paraneoplastic disorders, acquired cysts and native kidney cancers, and all points inbetween.

This new edition is fully updated to reflect the most current thinking and understanding in the field, as presented by a team of international clinical experts.

Presenting the views of world experts on the causes and treatment of kidney diseases that complicate various rheumatologic diseases, this book includes pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of diseases providing a readily accessible source of clinical advice for day-to-day practice.

Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition reflects the numerous advances in clinical management of patients in the last decade, including new understanding of pathogenesis, a new classification and the considerable advances in therapeutic options for the disease.

Focusing on all aspects of primary glomerulonephritis, from their epidemiologies and classification, to their pathogenesis and treatment, this third edition of Treatment of Primary Glomerulonephritis has been fully updated to include the latest research and evidence-based practice.

Amyloidosis is a condition associated with renal dialysis, leading to progressive organ failure, and is of great concern to all clinical nephrologists. This book is aimed at practising nephrologists and will help them successfully to diagnose, relieve, and possibly prevent dialysis-related amyloidosis.

This book provides primary care physicians and non-nephrology specialists with an introduction to and insights into chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a practical and focused approach to key topics in the field including epidemiology and diagnosis and management, as well as the impact of CKD on chronic, non-communicable disease.

This book describes the current status of vascular access for patients with end-stage renal failure who require dialysis. It highlights controversial areas and problems and describes differences in practice between the USA and Europe.

This text is intended for consultant nephrologists; trainee nephrologists; and general physicians. It should also be of value to pathologists, immunologists and others studying the mechanisms of renal disease.

The success of treatment in end-stage renal disease is limited by extrarenal complications that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Of these, cardiovascular abnormalities are the most common. This study examines the dual problem of the two conditions.

A high proportion of adults with end-stage renal failure are suffering from an inherited disorder of the kidneys. Dramatic clinical and scientific advances have been made in this field in the past decade. This is the first book to present a practical approach to the investigation and mangement of people with inherited renal disorders, taking an international perspective.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is thought to be the commonest disorder inherited autosomally. This book provides a review of the genetics, pathophysiology, evaluation, and management of autosomal diseases, and is of interest to both basic researchers and clinicians in nephrology.

The aim of the book is to focus on the problems that develop in the second stage of dialysis treatment and discuss how to prevent, minimize and manage these complications.

Clinical nephrology is confronted with an emerging medical catastrophe of international proportions: endstage renal failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. A number of studies have indicated that this is preventable, at least in principle, and this text summarizes the current state of knowledge.