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This text offers medical students a case-based approach to learning mechanisms of renal disease. Each chapter covers a disease, beginning with a patient case and followed by a discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease. Issues of differential diagnosis and therapy are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms. Short questions interspersed throughout the text require students to apply their knowledge. Detailed answers to the questions are included.

New to this edition:
Full-color artwork and design
New color photomicrographs of clinical conditions
Additional end-of-chapter summaries
Up-to-date information based on new medical findings