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 in Children - 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.

Zur Zeit liegt uns keine Inhaltsangabe vor.