Overview
Many inherited diseases and non-hereditary disorders have in common the development of renal cystic disease. The most common, autosonal dominant polycystic kidney disease, is responsible for 5-10% of end-stage renal failure treated by dialysis or transplantation. Since the publication six years ago of the last book on polycystic kidney disease, a number of genes causing the disease have been identified, mapped, or sequenced; new experimental models and the application of molecular biology techniques have provided new insights into the pathogenesis R polycystic kidney disease; novel clinical studies have provided valuable information for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of the complications of this disease. This book provides an updated, state-of-the-art review of the genetics, pathophysiology, evaluation, and management of these diseases and will be of interest to both basic researchers and clinicians in nephrology.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael L. Watson (Clinical Director, General Medicine, Clinical Director, General Medicine, University of Edinburgh) ,
Vicente E. Torres (Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, The Mayo Clinic, Minnesota)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 24.80cm
Weight: 1.293kg
ISBN: 9780192625786
ISBN 10: 0192625780
Pages: 606
Publication Date: 21 March 1996
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This is a further addition to the 'Oxford Clinical Nephrology' Series and provides an extensive review of our current knowledge on polycystic kidney disease...Overall this is an excellent book and provides much useful information for both the diagnosis and management of renal cystic diseases. It can be highly recommended, not just for the outstanding way the subject has been approached, but because the book also contains useful background information which greatly enhances the overall value. * Nephrol Dial Transplant, 1998, 13: 1904-1908 * I found this book a delight to read - it provides a balanced diet of genetics, pathophysiology and clinical medicine. For experts and researchers in the field there is detailed information and stimulation; for interested clinicians, the scientific sections are intelligibly presented and the clinical sections should be a real aid in day-to-day practice ... this book should be of wide interest. This book does not simply give a list of known features or research in the condition it covers, it also squarely addresses some of the more difficult problems which face clinicians and their patients. * Terry Feest, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Vol. 32, No. 1 January/February 1998 * I found this book a delight to read - it provides a balanced diet of genetics, pathophysiology and clinical medicine. For experts and researchers in the field there is detailed information and stimulation; for interested clinicians, the scientific sections are intelligibly presented and the clinical sections should be a real aid in day-to-day practice. This book does not simply give a list of known features or research in the condition it covers, it also squarely addresses some of the more difficult problems which face clinicians and their patients. * Terry Feest, Southmead Hospital, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Vol. 32, No. 1 January./February 1998 * a multi-authored, comprehensive review of the hereditary cystic kidney diseases ... There is useful information on virtually every page ... the book is well organized and well referenced, with figures and graphs that clearly augment the written text ... This text makes a useful addition to the clinician's library. * Bruce Z. Morgenstern, Pediatr Nephrol (1997) 11:664 *
a multi-authored, comprehensive review of the hereditary cystic kidney diseases ... There is useful information on virtually every page ... the book is well organized and well referenced, with figures and graphs that clearly augment the written text ... This text makes a useful addition to the clinician's library. Bruce Z. Morgenstern, Pediatr Nephrol (1997) 11:664 I found this book a delight to read - it provides a balanced diet of genetics, pathophysiology and clinical medicine. For experts and researchers in the field there is detailed information and stimulation; for interested clinicians, the scientific sections are intelligibly presented and the clinical sections should be a real aid in day-to-day practice. This book does not simply give a list of known features or research in the condition it covers, it also squarely addresses some of the more difficult problems which face clinicians and their patients. Terry Feest, Southmead Hospital, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Vol. 32, No. 1 January./February 1998 I found this book a delight to read - it provides a balanced diet of genetics, pathophysiology and clinical medicine. For experts and researchers in the field there is detailed information and stimulation; for interested clinicians, the scientific sections are intelligibly presented and the clinical sections should be a real aid in day-to-day practice ... this book should be of wide interest. This book does not simply give a list of known features or research in the condition it covers, it also squarely addresses some of the more difficult problems which face clinicians and their patients. Terry Feest, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Vol. 32, No. 1 January/February 1998 This is a further addition to the 'Oxford Clinical Nephrology' Series and provides an extensive review of our current knowledge on polycystic kidney disease...Overall this is an excellent book and provides much useful information for both the diagnosis and management of renal cystic diseases. It can be highly recommended, not just for the outstanding way the subject has been approached, but because the book also contains useful background information which greatly enhances the overall value. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 1998, 13: 1904-1908
