Kidney Development in Renal Pathology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Faa, Gavino (Editor), Fanos, Vassilios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Series: Current Clinical Pathology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Nephrology.; Pathology.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Laboratory Medicine.

This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review in the field of experimental and human nephrogenesis. The book reviews new data on the effects on kidney development by neonatal asphyxia, obstructive uropathies, nephrotoxic drugs, malnutrition, underfeeding, overfeeding, and provides al...

Table of Contents:

• Development of the Human Kidney: Morphological Events
• Molecular Regulation of Kidney Development
• Development of the the Human Kidney: Immunohistochemical Findings
• Kidney Development: New Insights on Transmission Electron Microscopy
• The Human Kidney at Birth: Structure and Function in Transition
• Perinatal Asphyxia and Kidney Development
• Lessons on Kidney Development from Experimental Studies
• Do β-Thymosins Play a Role in Human Nephrogenesis?
• Malnutrition and Renal Function.