Advances in Nephrourology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Immunology of Renal Disease.
• Immunological Problems in Kidney Disease — An Introduction.
• Pathophysiology of Inflammation.
• The Abnormalities of the Complement System in Human Glomerulonephritis.
• The Significance of the Detection of Circulating Immune Complexes in Human Glomerulonephritis.
• Immunological Aspects of Renal Vascular Involvement.
• The Immunology of Glomerular Nephropathies.
• Immunopathology of Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis in Man and in Experimental Animals..
• Monitoring the Allotransplant Recipient.
• The Selection and Investigation of Candidates for Renal Transplantation.
• The Immunological Basis of the Treatment of Glomerulonephritis.
• Treatment of Glomerulonephritis with non Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs.
• Corticosteroid Therapy in Idiopathic Glomerulonephritis.
• Plasmapheresis and Cryopheresis.
• New Therapeutic Approach to IgA Mesangial Glomerulonephritis (Berger’s Disease).
• 2 Medical and Metabolic Aspects of Urolithiasis.
• Metabolic and Medical Aspects of Urolithiasis — Introduction.
• Epidemiology of Urolithiasis.
• Crystallography: An Introduction.
• Crystallographic Contributions to the Pathogenesis of Renal Lithiasis.
• Crystalluria: A Valuable Parameter in the Study of Urolithiasis.
• Urodynamic Investigations in Nephrolithiasis.
• Inhibitors and Promoters of Stone Formation.
• Renal Stone Inhibitors.
• Physiopathology and Diagnosis of Hyperparathyroidism.
• Controversies in the Pathophysiology of Calcium Nephrolithiasis.
• Definition, Types and Management of Normocalcaemic Hypercalciuria in Renal Lithiasis.
• Oxalic Acid Lithiasis and the Hyperoxaluric Syndromes.
• Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis — Prevalence Pathogenesis and Results of Conservative Treatment.
• Clinical Features and Management of Cystine Nephrolithiasis.
• Urinary Lithiasis inChildren — A Review of 100 Cases.
• Soft renal Calculi (Matrix Stones).
• Struvite Staghorn Lithiasis.
• Indications for Surgery and Surgical Techniques in Staghorn Calculi.
• Urease Inhibitor Therapy in Infected Renal Stones..
• Prophylaxis and Metaphylaxis of Urolithiasis.
• Long-Term Treatment with Thiazide in the Prevention of Calcium Nephrolithiasis.
• Litholysis: In Situ Dissolution of Kidney Stones.
• Speakers.