Complement and Kidney Disease /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zipfel, Peter F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Progress in Inflammation Research,
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The complement system in renal diseases
  • Complement in renal transplantation
  • C1q and the glomerulonephritides: therapeutic approaches for the treatment of complement-mediated kidney diseases
  • Complement deficient mice as model systems for kidney diseases
  • Non-Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Role of complement and Factor H in hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Genetic testing in atypical HUS and the role of membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) and Factor I
  • Towards a new classification of hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Therapeutic strategies for atypical and recurrent hemolytic uremic syndromes (HUS)
  • Complement defects in children which result in kidney diseases: diagnosis and therapy
  • The role of complement in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  • The experience of a patient advocacy group.