PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- PREFACE AND DEDICATION -- SECTION I DEVELOPMENT -- 1 EMBRYOLOGY -- 2 GLOMERULAR CIRCULATION AND FUNCTION -- 3 TUBULAR FUNCTION -- 4 PERINATAL UROLOGY -- 5 RENAL DYSPLASIA/HYPOPLASIA -- 6 SYNDROMES AND MALFORMATIONS OF THE URINARY TRACT -- SECTION II HOMEOSTASIS -- 7 SODIUM AND WATER -- 8 POTASSIUM -- 9 ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASIS -- 10 CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS -- 11 DISORDERS OF PHOSPHORUS, CALCIUM, AND VITAMIN D -- 12 NUTRITION AND METABOLISM -- 13 FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE THERAPY IN CHILDREN -- SECTION III RESEARCH METHODS -- 14 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY -- 15 METHODS IN RENAL RESEARCH -- 16 ANIMAL MODELS -- 17 CLINICAL INVESTIGATION -- 18 GENETICS -- 19 TISSUE ENGINEERING -- SECTION IV CLINICAL METHODS -- 20 CLINICAL EVALUATION -- 21 LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS -- 22 EVALUATION OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- 23 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING -- 24 RENAL PATHOLOGY -- SECTION V GLOMERULAR DISEASE -- 25 CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME -- 26 INHERITED GLOMERULAR DISEASES -- 27 STEROID-SENSITIVE IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN -- 28 STEROID-RESISTANT IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN -- 29 IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF GLOMERULAR INJURY -- 30 ACUTE PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS -- 31 IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY -- 32 MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS -- 33 MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY -- 34 CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS -- SECTION VI TUBULAR DISEASE -- 35 NEPHRONOPHTHISIS-MEDULLARY CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE -- 36 POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE -- 37 AMINOACIDURIA AND GLYCOSURIA -- 38 TUBULAR DISORDERS OF ELECTROLYTE REGULATION -- 39 RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS -- 40 NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS -- 41 CYSTINOSIS AND FANCONI SYNDROME -- 42 PRIMARY HYPEROXALURIA -- 43 TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS -- SECTION VII SYSTEMIC DISEASE -- 44 RENAL VASCULITIS -- 45 HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA -- 46 SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS.

47 HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROMES -- 48 SICKLE CELL NEPHROPATHY -- 49 DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY -- 50 RENAL MANIFESTATIONS OF METABOLIC DISORDERS -- 51 INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE KIDNEY -- 52 NEPHROTOXINS -- SECTION VIII URINARY TRACT DISORDERS -- 53 URINARY TRACT INFECTION -- 54 VESICOURETERAL REFLUX AND SCARRING -- 55 OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY -- 56 BLADDER DYSFUNCTION -- 57 UROLITHIASIS -- 58 PEDIATRIC RENAL TUMORS -- SECTION IX HYPERTENSION -- 59 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION -- 60 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION -- 61 EVALUATION OF HYPERTENSION IN CHILDHOOD DISEASES -- 62 TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION -- SECTION X ACUTE RENAL FAILURE -- 63 PATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE -- 64 CLINICAL EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT -- 65 MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE -- SECTION XI CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE -- 66 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PROGRESSIVE RENAL DISEASE -- 67 CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY -- 68 ENDOCRINE AND GROWTH DISORDERS IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE -- 69 RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY -- 70 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS -- 71 HEMODIALYSIS -- 72 TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOBIOLOGY -- 73 PEDIATRIC RENAL TRANSPLANTATION -- 74 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- SECTION XII PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY AROUND THE WORLD -- 75A OVERVIEW -- 75B EUROPE -- 75C JAPAN -- 75D NORTH AMERICA -- 75E AFRICA -- 75F LATIN AMERICA -- 75G AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND -- 75H ASIA -- INDEX -- COLOR PLATE.