Written by the foremost experts in the field, the Second Edition of this highly acclaimed text remains the only comprehensive reference on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of immunologic renal diseases. The first half of the book reviews basic mechanisms of immunology and inflammation; the second half presents clinical chapters on disease entities. These disease-oriented chapters examine pathogenesis and pathophysiology and provide detailed diagnostic and management information. This edition reviews recent developments relating to immunologic renal disease, particularly in genetic diagnosis and transgenic models of disease. The updated clinical chapters include the most current information regarding diagnosis and therapy
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Introduction - The History of Renal Immunopathology; I: Process-Related Pathophysiology; II: The Ummune Response and Renal Injury; A: Induction of the Nephritogenic Immune Response; B: Mechanisms of Immune Injury; III: Mediation of Immune Renal Injury; A: Humoral Mediators of Immune Injury; B: Cellular Mediators of Immune Injury; IV: Animal Models of Immunologic Renal Diseases; A: Patient Evaluation and General Considerations; B: Primary Glomerular Diseases; C: Secondary Glomerular Diseases; D: Interstitial Nephritis; Index
