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Complement and kidney disease /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zipfel, Peter F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2006]
Series:PIR (Series)
Subjects:
Kidneys > Diseases > Etiology.
Complement (Immunology)
Kidney Diseases > etiology.
Complement System Proteins > physiology.
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome.
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