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This volume is a report of the proceedings of the Third International Nephro-Lrological Course held in the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, from 12th to 18th May 1980. Contributions were accepted on the understanding that the editors could make certain changes leading towards a uniformity of style but accepting as a Driority the importance of early publi cation, if necessary at the expense of stylistic perfection. The meeting, directed by A. Vercellone (Torino), R. Maiorca (Brescia) and M. Pavone-Macaluso (Palermo), was sponsored by: the Italian Associations of Nephrology, Immunology and Urology; the Ministries of Scientific Research and Public Education of the Republic of Italy; the Sicilian Regional Government; the National Research Council and the University of Palermo. Immunologic problems in renal disease Rnd metabolic and medical aspects of urolithiasis were the two subjects of the Congress, which was attended by numerous invi~ed speakers and participants. The first part was introduced by A. Vercellone (Torino), who discussed the major steps in the development and the present per spectives of nephrology, a relatively newly born science, recognized as such only in 1960. He called attention to the great significance of our present knowledge of the immunologic mechanisms (circulating immune complexes or in situ mounting, cellular immunity, activation of complement) which are involved in the pathogenesis of glomerulo nephritis.
List of contents
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 inChildren - 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.
