内容简介
Thekidneysareresponsibleformanykeybodilyfunctions,buttheirprimaryroleasafilteroftoxinsmakesthemextremelysusceptibletodisease.Oftenthesediseasescanonlybediagnosedthrougharenalbiopsy,acomplicatedprocedurerequiringancillaryimmunologicandmoleculardiagnostictechniques.Thisbookcoversallmethodsusedbyrenalpathologiststodiagnoseawiderangeofkidneydiseases.Unlikemostliteratureonrenalpathology,thisbookissituatedonthemidpointbetweenencyclopedicandsuperficialcoverage,writtenforthesigning-outpathologist.Whilefocusingontumorsandtransplantationrejection,afullspectrumofinfectious,inflammatory,andcongenitaldisordersiscoveredinbothpediatricandadultpopulationsandisanalyzednotonlybylightmicroscopybutbyeachapplicablediagnosticmodalityavailable.Thetextisillustratedwithmorethan1,000photomicrographsanddiagrams,includingaCD-ROMofallimages.
作者简介
XinJ.Zhou,MD,isprofessorofpathologyandinternalmedicineattheUniversityofTexasSouthwesternMedicalCenter,Dallas.DrZhouispastpresidentoftheChineseAmericanSocietyofNephrologyandhasbeenpractisingpathologyformorethan22years.ZoltanLaszik,MD,isassociateprofessorofclinicalpathologyattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscoSchoolofMedicine.TiborNadasdy,MD,isprofessorofpathologyatOhioStateUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Columbus.VivetteD'Agati,MD,isprofessorofpathologyatNewYork-PresbyterianHospitalatColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter,NewYork.FredG.Silva,MD,issecretary-treasurerandCEOoftheUnitedStatesandCanadianAcademyofPathology,Augusta,Georgia.DrSilvaisapreeminentexpertinrenalpathologyandhaspublishedhundredsofarticlesonsubjectsrangingfromdiabeticneuropathytotubulointerstitialdisease.