The Progressive nature of renal disease
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Bibliographic Information
The Progressive nature of renal disease
(Contemporary issues in nephrology, v. 26)
Churchill Livingstone, 1992
2nd ed
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is an updated, comprehensive review of mechanisms causing progressive loss of kidney function and treatment strategies and their effectiveness. The book examines the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in progressive renal insufficiency, it shows how dietary protein restriction can delay or halt CRF and emphasizes clinical investigations and their applications to treatment.
Table of Contents
- The role of systematic and intraglomerular hypertension
- glomerular growth promoter - the common channel to glomerulosclerosis
- the renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal disease
- the eicanosoids
- lipid metabolism
- renal metabolism
- dietary influences and pathologic changes
- studies of progression in animal modes other than rodents
- dietary protein manipulation
- progression of chronic failure - the Japanese experience
- measuring the rate of progression of renal insuffiency
- diabetic neuropathy
- statistical considerations for assessing the influence of therapy on progression of chronic renal failure.
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