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 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...

Edited by Edited by Ellis D. Avner, Former President, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, William E. Harmon from Harvard University, and Patrick Niaudet, Former President of the European Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology (5th edition, LWW, 2004), this internationally focused book offers an overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biology of the pediatric kidney and foc...

Merkur Clinical Hospital, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Zagreb, 1Zadar General Hospital, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Zadar, 2Bjelovar General Hospital, Department of Internal medicine, Bjelovar, 3Dubrava University Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Zagreb, 4Dubrovnik General Hospital, Department of Internal medicine, Dubrovnik and 5Rijeka Un...

Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment, Department of Health, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública—CIBERESP, Spain, Department of Nephrology, Ourense Hospital Complex, Spain, Department of Nephrology, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital Complex, Spain and Department of Nep...

Ravindra Mehta, Arvind Bagga, Rahul Patibandla and Rajasekara Chakravarthi Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, USA; Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Reknown Nephrology Associates, Hyderabad, India; and STAR Kidney Center, STAR Hospit...

Department of Traumatology; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine; and Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal M...