1 Microscopy for the Practicing Physician -- History of Microscopy -- Types of Microscopy -- Electron Microscopy -- Summary -- References -- 2 Renal Biopsy -- 1 Indications, Contraindications, Techniques, and Complications ยท Justification for Studies of Live Renal Tissues ยท Ethics and Indications for Serial Renal Biopsies -- 2 Methods of Fixation, Processing, and Study -- Summary -- References -- 3 Clinical Assessment of the Etiology and the Pathological Activity of Glomerulonephritis -- Assessment of the Etiological Factors Relative to Glomerulonephritis -- Patient History -- Clinical Laboratory Tests -- Summary -- References -- 4 Glomerulonephritis: Pathogenesis and Classification -- Definition -- Pathogenesis -- Mechanisms of Glomerular Injury -- Other Mechanisms of Glomerulonephritis -- Classification of Glomerulonephritis -- Prevalent Classification -- Merits and Pitfalls of All Classifications of Glomerulonephritis -- Perspectives of Glomerulonephritis -- Criticism of Current Histological Classification -- Chronic Glomerulonephritis -- Summary -- References -- 5 Electron Microscopy of Normal Kidney -- Glomerulus -- Tubules -- Arterial Vessels -- Interstitium -- Summary -- References -- 6 Anatomic Pathology of Glomerulonephritis -- Diffuse (Generalized) Proliferative Glomerulonephritis -- Diffuse Endocapillary Proliferative Glomerulonephritis -- Uncommon Types of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis -- Assessments of the Activities of the Pathological Process in Endocapillary Proliferative GN (Clinicopathological Correlation) -- Membranous Glomerulonephritis -- Penicillamine-Induced Glomerulonephritis -- Mesangioproliferative Glomerulonephritis -- Focal Glomerular Sclerosis -- Viral Infections and Glomerulonephritis -- Summary -- References -- 7 Anatomic Pathology of the Kidney in Nephrotic Syndrome: Clinicopathological Abridgement -- Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome -- Idiopathic Membranous Glomerulonephritis -- Nephrotic Syndrome and Renal Lesions Produced by Drugs and Hypersensitivity Reactions -- Renal Vein Thrombosis versus Membranous Glomerulonephritis -- Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Sickle Cell Anemia -- Nephrotic Syndrome in Acquired Syphilis -- Nephrotic Syndrome in Congenital Syphilis -- Nephrotic Syndrome Caused by Malarial Glomerulonephritis -- Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Neoplastic Diseases -- Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome -- Renal Amyloidosis and Nephrotic Syndrome -- Renal Involvement in Diabetes Mellitus -- Rare Causes of Nephrotic Syndrome -- Summary -- References -- 8 Pathology of the Kidney in Profiling Acute Renal Failure (Acute Uremia) -- Definition -- Steps for the Complete Medical Care of Acute Uremia -- Acute Glomerular Diseases -- Mechanism of Oliguria in Acute Glomerulonephritis -- Acute Renal Tubular Lesions -- Experimental Models of Acute Renal Failure -- Evolution of Histological Repair in Acute Tubular Necrosis -- Acute Interstitial Nephritis -- Acute Renal Failure Associated with Lesions of the Small Vessels of the Kidneys -- Other Causes of Acute Renal Failure -- Acute Renal Failure Caused by Bilateral Renal Vein Thrombosis -- Renal Papillary Necrosis -- How Renal Biopsy Study Modifies the Course and Management in Acute Renal Failure -- Summary -- References -- 9 Pathology of the Kidney in Essential (Spontaneous) Hypertension -- 1 Cause and Effect Relationship between Renal Lesions and Hypertensions -- Summary -- 2 A Perspective of the Antihypertensive Function of Renal Medullary and Papillary Interstitial Cell and Granule -- Summary -- References -- 10 Chronic Pyelonephritis -- Etiology -- Perspectives of Chronic Pyelonephritis from the Standpoint of Clinical Practice -- Unresolved Questions -- Summary -- References -- 11 Syndrome of Microscopic Hematuria, Asymptomatic Proteinuria, and โFocal Glomerulonephritisโ -- Perspectives of Proteinuria and Hematuria -- Mesangiopathic Glomerulonephritis -- Other Types of Renal Pathology, Clinical Profiles, and Course of the Hematuria and Asymptomatic Proteinuria Syndrome in Our Series -- Nondiagnostic Ultrastructural Studies -- Early Stage of Hereditary Nephritis -- Summary -- References -- 12 Accomplishments of Electron Microscopy Study in the Practice of Nephrology -- 1 Studies of Glomeruli and Tubules in Glomerular and Tubulointerstitial Diseases -- Summary -- 2 Studies of Arterial Vessels in Essential Hypertension and Glomerular Diseases -- Summary -- References -- 13 Principles of Management Pertaining to Renal Pathology -- The Nephrotic Syndromes -- Glomerulonephritis -- Summary -- References

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