Toxicology of the Kidney

Buch | Hardcover

500 Seiten

1993 | 2nd New edition
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-88167-885-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This second edition provides a synthesis of recent research on the mechanisms of chemically-induced kidney injury. The text includes a review of current concepts of clinical nephrotoxicity and renal failure, and mechanisms of specific classes of

Inhalt

Part 1 Basic principles: anatomy and physiology of the kidney - a brief review; functional assessment of the kidney. Part 2 General features and mechanisms of nephrotoxicity: overview of clinical nephrotoxicity; morphological features of acute renal failure; pathophysiology of acute renal failure, mechanisms of glomerular injury; biochemical heterogeneity and site-specific tubular injury. Part 3 Specific nephrotoxicants - therapeutics: nephrotoxicity of protein overloading; the nephrotoxicity Of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics; The Nephrotoxicity Of Antineoplastic Drugs; analgesic nephrotoxicity; nephrotoxicity of cyclosporine and other immunosuppressive and immunotherapeutic agents; pathogenesis and therapeutic aspects of radiocontrast-induced renal dysfunction. Part 4 Specific nephrotoxicants - environmental chemicals: aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons; nephrotoxicity of bromobenzene - the role of quinone- thioethers; mechanisms of metal-induced nephrotoxicity; the effects of selected fungal toxins on renal function; male rat-specific light hydrocarbon nephropathy; renal carcinogenesis.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.1993
• Reihe/Serie: Target Organ Toxicology Series
• Zusatzinfo: 51 line drawings, 21 fineline illustrations, 48 half-tones
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 1093 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Nephrologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
• ISBN-10: 0-88167-885-6 / 0881678856
• ISBN-13: 978-0-88167-885-7 / 9780881678857
• Zustand: Neuware