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TEXTBOOK OF NEPHRO-ENDOCRINOLOGY
Textbook of Nephro-Endocrinology
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Edited By
Ajay Singh, Clinical Chief, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
Gordon Williams, Director, Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Researchers and clinicians in nephrology and endocrinology.

Contents
Part 1: The Kidney as an Endocrine Organ Section 1: Erythropoietin 1.Erythropoientin: An Historical Overview of Physiology, Molecular Biology And Gene Regulation David R. Mole, Peter J. Ratcliffe 2.Erythropoiesis: The Role of Erythropoietin and Iron Herbert Lin 3.Extra-Hematopoietic Action of Erythropoietin Zheqing Cai, Gregg Semenza 4.Development of Recombinant Erythropoietin and Erythropoietin Analogues Iain Macdougall 5.Erythropoietin Disease States & Resistance Ajay K. Singh, Tejas Patel, Shona Pendse, Sairam Keithi-Reddy Section 2: Vitamin D, PTH and Novel Regulators of Phosphate 6.Vitamin D and the Kidney: Introduction and Historical Perspective Ajay K. Singh, Tejas Patel 7. Vitamin D: Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation Adriana Dusso, Alex J. Brown 8. Molecular Biology of Parathyroid Hormone Peter A. Friedman 9.Endocrine Regulation of Phosphate Homeostasis Harald Juppner Section 3: Renin-angiotensin 10.Introduction and Historical Overview Joel Menard 11.Molecular Biology of Renin and Regulation of Its Gene Timothy L. Reudelhuber, Daniel F. Catanzaro 12. Physiology and Regulation of the RAAS System Robert Carey, Shetal H. Padia 13. The Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System and the Kidney George Bakris, Benjamin Ko 14. The Renin Angiotensin and the Heart Carlos Ferrario, Aaron Trask 15. The Renin-Angrotensin blockade: Therapeutic Agents Domenic Sica Part 2: The Kidney as a Hormonal target Section 4: Anti-diuretic Hormone 16. Vasopressin in the Kidney: Historical Aspects Jeffrey Sands, Lynn E. Schlanger 17. Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation Carolyn Ecelbarger, Swasti Tiwari 18. Vasopressin Antagonists in Physiology and Disease Tomas Berl, Robert W. Schrier 19. Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH J Carlos Ayus, Michael Moritz Section 5: The Atrial Natriuretic Peptides 20. ANP, BNP and CNP Physiology and Pharmacology of the Cardiorenal Axis John C Burnett, Jr., Candace Lee Section 6: Aldosterone 21.Introduction and Historical Overview John Coghlan, James Tait 22.Aldosterone Receptors and Their Renal Effects: Molecular Biology And Gene Regulation Celso Gomez-Sanchez, Elise P. Gomez-Sanchez, Mario Galigniana 23. Aldosterone and Its Cardiovascular Effects Gail K Adler, Rajesh Garg 24. Aldosterone Regulation William Rainey, Wendy B. Bollag, Carlos M. Isales Section 7: Endocrine Disorders in Renal Failure 25. Insulin resistance Donald Simonson 26. Growth hormone John Mahan 27.Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women with Chronic Kidney Disease Biff F. Palmer 28.Thyroid Status in Chronic Renal Failure Patients Victoria Lim, Manish Suneja 29.Metabolic Acidosis of Chronic Kidney Disease Jeffrey A. Kraut, Glenn T. Nagami 30.Pregnancy and the Kidney Ananth Karumanchi, Chun Lam

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Hardbound, 522 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373870-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-373870-9
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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