Contributors. . vii

Preface. . ix

SECTION I

INTRODUCTION TO THE RENAL SYSTEM

Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Kidney.

Alfred L. George, Jr., Eric G. Neilson

Adaptation of the Kidney to Injury.

Joseph V. Bonventre

SECTION II

ALTERATIONS OF RENAL FUNCTION AND ELECTROLYTES

Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities.

Julie Lin, Bradley M. Denker

Atlas of Urinary Sediments and Renal Biopsies.

Agnes B. Fogo, Eric G. Neilson

Acidosis and Alkalosis.

Thomas D. DuBose, Jr.

Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances.

David B. Mount

Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia.

Sundeep Khosla

Gout and Other Crystal-Associated

Arthropathies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

H. Ralph Schumacher, Lan X. Chen

Nephrolithiasis.

Gary C. Curhan

SECTION III

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE

Acute Kidney Injury.

Sushrut S. Waikar, Joseph V. Bonventre

Chronic Kidney Disease.

Joanne M. Bargman, Karl Skorecki

Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure.

Kathleen D. Liu, Glenn M. Chertow

Transplantation in the Treatment of

Renal Failure.

Jamil Azzi, Edgar L. Milford,

Mohamed H. Sayegh, Anil Chandraker

Infections in Transplant Recipients.

W. Finberg Robert, Joyce Fingeroth

SECTION IV

GLOMERULAR AND TUBULAR DISORDERS

Glomerular Diseases.

Julia B. Lewis, Eric G. Neilson

Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Disorders of Tubule Growth and

Development.

Jing Zhou, Martin R. Pollak

Tubulointerstitial Diseases of the Kidney.

Laurence H. Beck, David J. Salant

SECTION V

RENAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Vascular Injury to the Kidney.

Nelson Leung, Stephen C. Textor

Hypertensive Vascular Disease.

Theodore A. Kotchen

Renovascular Disease.

Stephen C. Textor

SECTION VI

URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND OBSTRUCTION

Urinary Tract Infections, Pyelonephritis, and

Prostatitis.

Kalpana Gupta, Barbara W. Trautner

Urinary Tract Obstruction.

Julian L. Seifter

Bladder and Renal Cell Carcinomas.

Howard I. Scher, Jonathan E. Rosenberg,

Robert J. Motzer

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Appendix

Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance. . . . . .

Alexander Kratz, Michael A. Pesce,

Robert C. Basner, Andrew J. Einstein

Review and Self-Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charles M. Wiener, Cynthia D. Brown,

Brian Houston

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .