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Major Publications : The Kidney

The Kidney: Produced by SERVIER in the interest of patient education

Table of Contents

This online version of THE KIDNEY has been separated into individual chapters for general downloads. Viewers with high-speed connections may wish to download the complete book. Please note that it is about 22 Mb and will take a long time to download on slow connections.

Foreward (PDF: 153Kb)

1. Introduction to the Kidneys (PDF: 4,690Kb)

2. Haematuria (PDF: 122Kb)

3. Proteinuria (PDF: 36Kb)

4. Glomerulonephritis or nephritis (PDF: 840Kb)

5. Nephrotic syndrome (PDF: 39Kb)

6. IgA nephropathy (PDF: 43Kb)

7. Diabetes mellitus and the kidney (diabetic neuropathy) (PDF: 654Kb)

8. Vesico-ureteric reflux and reflux neuropathy (PDF: 612Kb)

9. Recurrent Urinary tract infections (PDF: 4,150Kb)

10. Kidney stones (PDF 971Kb)

11. High blood pressure (hypertension) (PDF 3,176Kb)

12. Cysts in the kidney and polycystic kidney disease (PDF 2,362Kb)

13. Analgesic nephropathy (PDF 106Kb)

14. Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) and the kidney (PDF 104Kb)

15. Pregnancy in women with hypertension and/or kidney disease (PDF 125 Kb)

16. What is a kidney biopsy? (PDF 105Kb)

17. What is kidney failure and what causes the kidneys to fail? (PDF 107Kb)

18. What treatment is available for people with chronic kidney disease? (PDF 118Kb)

19. Dialysis (PDF 29Kb)

20. Haemodialysis (PDF 68Kb)

21. Peritoneal Dialysis (PDF 100Kb)

22. Kidney Transplantation (PDF 128 Kb)

23. Medication prescribed for patients with kidney disease (PDF 136 Kb)

24. Other websites (PDF 115 Kb)