Pediatric Nephrology Book

	Preface
	Growth Factors and Developmental Renal Physiology: New Insights on Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I	1
	Transplantation Immunobiology in the Young	13
	Divalent Ions in the Young	28
	Current Issues of Sodium and Fluid Homeostasis in the Preterm and Term Newborn	40
	Alport Syndrome: From the Symptoms to the Gene	52
	Polycystic Kidney Disease	63
	Renal Stone Disease in Childhood	79
	Treatment of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome	92
	IgA Nephropathy in Childhood	104
	HIV Nephropathy in Children	118
	Lipids and Renal Disease	129
	Congenital Hydronephrosis: Evaluation, Follow-Up and Clinical Outcome	141
	Obstructive Uropathy: Pathophysiology and Management	154
	Urinary Tract Infection, Vesicoureteric Reflux and Pyelonephritis. An Update	165
	Non-Neuropathic and Neuropathic Bladder-Sphincter Dysfunction in Children	178
	The Renal Reserve Capacity: Concept and Significance in Health and Renal Disease	193
	Acute Renal Failure in Children. A Review with Special Focus on the Importance of the Initiating Event on Mortality	202
	Treatment of the Anemia of Chronic Renal Failure with Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Children	214
	Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Short Stature in Children with Chronic Renal Insufficiency	223
	Subject Index	231