The Kidney in Health and Disease

This unique series aims to serve as a comprehensive guide to the kidney in health and disease. The series starts with a review of clinical physiology, providing students, researchers and clinicians alike with an overview of renal structure and function, a discussion of clinical evaluations, and an introduction to disorders... read moreof metabolism and homeostasis. The series goes on to have dedicated sections on Glomerular Disorders, Tubular Interstitial Disorders, Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Replacement Therapy. Each section contains talks covering a variety of disorders, looking at disease biology, current treatments and future prospects for therapy. Current clinical issues and research in progress will be discussed for many kidney disorders, providing information from across the field of nephrology.