Handbook of nephrology

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THIS EXCITING new edition to the Oxford Handbook Series provides a compact guide to all aspects of acute and chronic paediatrics. A team of 23 specialist contributors and medical editors has condensed many years of clinical experience into a pocket-sized compendium of clinical problems and treatment options.

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Pediatric Nephrology

This is a multi-authored text which is meant as a comprehensive survey of clinical renal disease, basic mechanisms of renal function and immunopathology, as well as providing special consideration of these different aspects of nephrology as they relate to children. Since there is significant redundancy and uneveness throughout the text, the general format is more that of a series of essays than...

Evolutionary Nephrology

Progressive kidney disease follows nephron loss, hyperfiltration, and incomplete repair, a process described as "maladaptive." In the past 20 years, a new discipline has emerged that expands research horizons: evolutionary medicine. In contrast to physiologic (homeostatic) adaptation, evolutionary adaptation is the result of reproductive success that reflects natural selection. Evolutionary exp...

Regenerative Nephrology

Regenerative nephrology is a subdomain of regenerative medicine; as explained in the introduction of this book, the latter can be variously defined. The following definition is the one this reviewer likes the best: regenerative medicine is ‘an interdisciplinary field of research and clinical applications focused on the repair, replacement or regeneration of cells, tissues or organs to restore i...