March 31, 2008
Handbook of Renal Biopsy Pathology
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This handbook provides a short, clear, useful and interesting guide to the findings in renal biopsy specimens. It is intended to be of practical help primarily to pathologists and trainee pathologists who look at these specimens, but also to nephrologists and transplant surgeons and their trainees, medical students, and others who have contact with anyone with renal disorders, including nurses on nephrology, dialysis and transplant units, and pharmacists.

This handbook shows how a diagnosis can be reached on a renal biopsy specimen and what information taken from a specimen is clinically significant and helpful. It shows how the diagnosis can be made starting from simple information, the clinical indication for biopsy, followed by interpretation of changes seen in the specimen. The emphasis is on common conditions and on the rule that diseases give characteristic clinical features.

Essential information needed for an understanding of renal disorders is given simply and concisely. This includes accounts of the clinical presentation of renal disorders, their causes and pathogenesis, and their likely outcome. Other features include practical tips on the differentiation between possible diagnoses and information about eponyms.



Book-Information
Author: Alexander J. Howie ISBN: 0387746048 ISBN-13: 9780387746043 Publication Date: 17 December 2007

Good book, but not all encompassing

The book is good and easy to read. One thing though is that it isn’t all-encompassing. Moreover, it isn’t written in any particular order (like disease entitiy group), and lacks an easy way to find a differential diagnosis. It is however a super intro book into kidney disease

Good for clinical nephrology fellows

This book is helpful for those entering fellowship in nephrology. I’m sure pathology residents and energetic medical students would find it useful too. The book is broken down into clinical classifications of renal disease, one per chapter, and the possible histologies are displayed for each. Pictures are in color. It is not a reference book, but it is a manageable size to keep in a backpack or suitcase. I would encourage medical school libraries to stock a copy.




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