Handbook of Renal Biopsy Pathology - 2nd Edition by Alec J Howie (Paperback)

About the Book

This illustrated handbook provides a short, clear, useful and interesting guide to the findings in renal biopsy specimens. Essential information needed for an understanding of renal disorders is given simply and concisely. The focus is on common conditions.

Book Synopsis

My aim was to write a short, clear, useful, and interesting guide to the ?ndings in renal biopsy specimens. Particular parts of this aim were to show how a diagnosis can be reached, and what informationtaken from a specimenis clinically signi?cant and helpful. This guide was designed for pathologists and trainee pathologists who look at the specimens, nephrologists and transplant surgeons and their trainees who take the specimens, medical students who will be the next generation to take and look at the specimens, and anyone else who may have contact with people with renal disorders, such as dialysis and transplant nurses and pharmacists. There is a major difference from most other texts on renal biopsy pathology, which approach the subject by a consideration of each disease separately. In real life, the disease is not known before the biopsy. This text shows how the diagnosis can be made starting from simple information, the clinical indication for the biopsy, followed by interpretation of changes seen in the specimen. Other features not found in many texts are practical tips on the differentiation between possible diagnoses, information about eponyms and the origins of words, a guide to pronunciation of names, and a mention of famous people who have had renal disorder

From the Back Cover

This practical handbook provides a short, clear and useful guide to interpretation of renal biopsy specimens. It is intended to be useful to pathologists, pathologists-in-training, nephrologists, nephrologists-in-training and medical students.

Alexander J. Howie, M.D., is Professor of Renal Pathology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Review Quotes

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This brief handbook of renal pathology, almost a pocket-sized book, could be easily carried around by busy nephrologists or renal pathologists. ... Pathologists and their trainees, nephrologists, and renal transplant surgeons are the intended audience. It also could be used by medical students and residents in internal medicine, nurses, and pharmacists. ... This is a wonderful little book that will appeal to practicing nephrologists, nephropathologists, and renal transplant surgeons, as well as their trainees." (Ivan Damjanov, Doody's Review Service, February, 2009)