基本説明
Practical handbook shows how a diagnosis can be reached on a renal biopsy specimen and what information taken from a specimen is clinically significant and helpful. The emphasis is on common conditions and on the rule that diseases give characteristic clinical features.
Full Description
This handbook provides a short, clear, useful and interesting guide to the findings in renal biopsy specimens. Essential information needed for an understanding of renal disorders is given simply and concisely. The focus is on common conditions. The book is intended to be of practical help primarily to pathologists and trainee pathologists who look at renal biopsy specimens, but also to others who have contact with anyone with renal disorders. The handbook includes more than 240 color illustrations. Other features include practical tips on the differentiation between possible diagnoses and information about eponyms.
Contents
General Points About Renal Biopsy Specimens.- Technical Handling of Renal Biopsy Specimens.- How to Look at a Renal Biopsy Specimen: Preliminary Study.- How to Look at a Renal Biopsy Specimen: Initial Study of the Kidney.- Indication for Biopsy: Nephrotic Syndrome.- Indication for Biopsy: Acute Renal Failure.- Indication for Biopsy: Chronic Renal Failure.- Indication for Biopsy: Hematuria.- Indication for Biopsy: Proteinuria.- Indication for Biopsy: Renal Allograft.- Other Indications for Biopsy of Kidneys.
