Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Renal Failure - The Facts

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Published23 May 2012

Doi10.5772/2182

ISBN978-953-51-0630-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-7003-7

Copyright year2012

Number of pages284

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Risk Factors for Renal Failure: From Infancy to Adulthood

By Silvio Maringhini, Vitalba Azzolina, Rosa Cusumano and Ciro Corrado

2,184
2. The Pathogenesis of Acute Kidney Injury

By Nicholas A. Barrett and Marlies Ostermann

2,245
3. Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress in the Ischemic Acute Renal Failure

By Miguel G. Salom, B. Bonacasa, F. Rodriguez and F. J. Fenoy

2,082
4. Immunological and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Fibrosis: Origin of Renal Myofibroblasts

By Leonora Himer, Erna Sziksz, Tivadar Tulassay and Ádám Vannay

2,131
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5. Effects of Maternal Renal Dysfunction on Fetal Development

By Toshiya Okada, Yoko Kitano-Amahori, Masaki Mino, Tomohiro Kondo, Ai Takeshita and Ken-Takeshi Kusakabe

2,144
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6. Proteomic Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury

By Stefan Herget-Rosenthal, Jochen Metzger, Amaya Albalat, Vasiliki Bitsika and Harald Mischak

1,911
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9. Acute Kidney Injury Induced by Snake and Arthropod Venoms

By Markus Berger, Maria Aparecida Ribeiro Vieira and Jorge Almeida Guimaraes

3,388
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10. Contrast Nephropathy: A Paradigm for Cardiorenal Interactions in Clinical Practice

By Michele Meschi, Simona Detrenis, Laura Bianchi and Alberto Caiazza

1,658

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