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NEPHROLOGY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS by MOHAMED A. SOBH Prof. and head of Nephrology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center, Unive ...

NEPHROLOGY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS ...

NEPHROLOGY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS By MOHAMED A. SOBH Prof. and head of Nephrology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center Univer ...

Dedication To the soul of my dear father To my dear mother To my lovely wife, and To my children. ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Professor Jacob Churg, USA and IGAKU-SHOIN Medical Publishers, Inc Japan are acknowledged for granting a permiss ...

PREFACE Renal diseases are increasing worldwide. Doctors in all specialties are facing renal diseases either as isolated disorde ...

Name : Dr. Mohamed A Sobh Born : 8th, Oct., 1949 Nationality: Egyptian Social Status: Married The Author CERTIFICATES: 1973 M.B. ...

PRIZES: Winner of the National Encouragement Prize for Medical Science, Egypt, 1987. Winner of Dr. Mohamed Fakhry prize for the ...

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• Kidney functions PART I: RENAL FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE • Anatomy of the kidney • Biochemical investigations PART II: INVESTIG ...

RENAL FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE KIDNEY FUNCTIONS: The function of the kidney is to keep the internal environment (internal milieu) ...

4. ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEY: Many hormones and vasoactive substances are either formed (Renin, Prostaglandins), activat ...

THE NEPHRON: Is the functional unit of the kidney (Fig. 1.2). Each kidney contains approximately one million nephrons. The first ...

podocyte). The capillary tuft will invaginate and occupy the Bowman's capsule to form the renal corpuscle. Figure 1.3 shows a cr ...

The lacis cells which are interstitial cells in continuity with mesangial cells. The peripolar cells which are present at the v ...

In addition, further water is reabsorbed in the process of urine concentration which occurs in the distal nephron. Dilution of u ...

(Fig. 1.1) Right kidney sectioned in several planes exposing the parenchyma and renal sinus. (Reproduced with permission from No ...

(Fig. 1.3.a) Diagramatic representation of the glomerulus Fig. 1.3b Cross-section of a glomerlus showing the details of the glom ...

(Fig. 1.4a) The Juxtaglomerular apparatus. Note: (1) Macula densa of distal tubule. (2) Juxtaglomerular (lacis) cells. (3) Granu ...