Overview
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Amin Y. Barakat
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Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
Child Kidney Disease Prevention Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xviii
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- Aida Yared, Amin Y. Barakat
Pages 9-29
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- Agnes Fogo, Amin Y. Barakat
Pages 31-54
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- Pedro A. Jose, Robin A. Felder
Pages 71-83
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- Sharon M. Stein, Sandra G. Kirchner, Richard M. Heller
Pages 85-115
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- Jean-Pierre De Chadarévian, Bernard S. Kaplan
Pages 117-131
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- Leticia U. Tina, Robert D. Fildes
Pages 133-155
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- Robert C. Macdonell Jr., Amin Y. Barakat
Pages 171-184
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- Valentina Kon, Iekuni Ichikawa
Pages 207-231
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- Leonard G. Feld, James E. Springate
Pages 269-284
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- Mouin G. Seikaly, Billy S. Arant Jr.
Pages 307-328
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- Brent F. Treiger, Robert D. Jeffs
Pages 329-339
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- Mitsuro Nakano, Gad Kainer, John W. Foreman, James C. M. Chan
Pages 341-355
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- Robert E. Lynch, Ellen G. Wood
Pages 357-369
About this book
The clinical specialty of adult nephrology has enjoyed spectacular growth during the past three decades. Such a statement is no less true for pediatric nephrology. This book stands in quiet testimony to that fact. Practitioners of pediatric nephrology are now concerned with the diagnosis and treat ment of young patients with a widened spectrum of primary and sec ondary diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract, hypertension and disorders of water, electrolyte and acid-base metabolism. Their science, deriving from an exciting blend of physiology, morphology, pathology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics and pharmacology, must also include an understanding of human developmental biology an insight that colleagues who practice adult nephrology require to a somewhat lesser extent. Dramatic, continuing advances in our understanding of the pathogen esis, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases has led to a cascade of books and monographs on various aspects of the subject. Nevertheless, in view of the clear emergence of pediatric nephrology as a distinct medical specialty, it is most appropriate that a practical book, which focuses almost exclusively on approaches to the evaluation and diagnosis of young patients with kidney disease and related disorders, should appear. In that sense this book is unique. It provides an easily accessible, practical compendium or guide to the clinical investigation of all facets of kidney disease in children. Its special and unique emphasis is directed toward various approaches to the evaluation of such patients and the interpretation of associated laboratory or radiographical data.
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
Amin Y. Barakat
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Child Kidney Disease Prevention Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA
Amin Y. Barakat
