Dialysis Amyloid

Zusatztext In General this is an excellent book and gives much useful information relating to this distressing condition...A useful feature of this book is the extensive list of references at the end of each chapter...The chapters are well written! the book is well balanced! the illustrations appropriate and the index comprehensive. It is therefore a text which can be recommended to those seeking a greater understanding of the subject. Klappentext Dialysis amyloidosis is a syndrome observed in dialysis patients characterized initially by joint pain! followed later by joint destruction. At present! development of this syndrome is one of the few complications in these patients. The factors involved in the genesis of this syndrome are notyet known with certainty and there is as yet no proven efficacious treatment other than renal transplantation. As a result! the interest in this topic among nephrologists remains very high.This book respond to this interest by providing general information on the pathophysiology and clinical aspects of all types of amyloidosis. The recently discovered B2 type of dialysis amyloidosis! a serious complication which affects patients suffering from chronic renal failure! is fully coveredfrom the clinical and pathological features to the physiological and pathophysiological aspects. This book will give nephrologists and rheumatologists a clear understanding of the dialysis amyloidosis syndrome as well as making a valuable contribution to identifying strategies for treatment andprevention. _ Zusammenfassung Amyloidosis is a condition associated with renal dialysis, leading to progressive organ failure, and is of great concern to all clinical nephrologists. This book is aimed at practising nephrologists and will help them successfully to diagnose, relieve, and possibly prevent dialysis-related amyloidosis.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ypersele Drueke van, Charles V. Ypersele, Charles Van Drueke Ypersele
• Mitarbeit: Tilman B. Drueke (Herausgeber), Tilman B. Drüeke (Herausgeber), Charles Van Ypersele (Herausgeber), Charles van Ypersele (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.02.1996
• EAN: 9780192624949
• ISBN: 978-0-19-262494-9
• Seiten: 290
• Serien: Oxford Clinical Nephrology Series; Oxford Clinical Nephrology Ser; Oxford Clinical Nephrology Series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Nichtklinische Fächer; MEDICAL / Diagnosis, MEDICAL / Nephrology, MEDICAL / Genetics, Medical Genetics, Renal medicine & nephrology, Renal medicine and nephrology, Examination of patients