Proteinuria: Basic Mechanisms, Pathophysiology and Clinical Relevance

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Blaine, Judith (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Nephrology.; Proteins.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Protein Structure.; Human Physiology.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Molecular Medicine.

Recent work has begun to elucidate at the molecular level how albumin is handled by the kidney and how albuminuria develops in various proteinuric diseases including minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the renal handling of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Evaluation and Epidemiology of Proteinuria
• 2. Glomerular Mechanisms of Proteinuria
• 3. Tubular Mechanisms of Proteinuria
• 4. Pathophysiology of Diabetic Nephropathy
• 5. Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of Proteinuria
• 6. Minimal Change Disease
• 7. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and its pathophysiology.