Toxicology of the kidney / editor, Jerry B. Hook - New York : Raven Press, 1981 - xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Target organ toxicity .

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Contents: Use of renal function tests in the evaluation of nephrotoxic effects / William O. Berndt -- Detection of Drug-induced nephrotoxicity with urinalysis and enzymuria assessment / Elliot Piperno -- Effects of nephrotoxins on renal clearance / Ernest C. Foulkes -- Evaluation of nephrotoxicity of various compounds by means of in vitro techniques and comparison to in vivo methods / Sam Kacew and G.H. Hirsch -- Renal handling of environmental chemicals / John B. Pritchard -- Pathogenetic mechanisms in acute renal failure / Donald E. Oken -- Methoxyflurane nephropathy / Richard I. Mazze -- Structural and functional alterations in the kidney following intake of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents / Vicki G. Stygles and John D. Iuliucci -- The nephrotoxicity of low molecular weight halogenated alkane solvents, pesticides, and chemical intermediates / William M. Kluwe -- Developmental anomalie

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Kidneys--Diseases
Toxicology
Kidney diseases--Chemically induced
Kidney function tests
Kidney--Drug effects