TY - JOUR T1 - A short textbook of kidney disease. AU - Lubash GD Y1 - 1969/08/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180124027 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 252 EP - 252 VL - 124 IS - 2 N2 - In their preface, the authors of this book correctly note the availability of large, comprehensive, and expensive renal textbooks. In A Short Textbook of Kidney Disease, they have attempted to produce a readable text, with emphasis on practical aspects of management and correlation of renal disorders with other illnesses but without sacrifice of comprehensiveness.Signs and symptoms of renal disease and its investigation are reviewed in the first two chapters. Acute and chronic renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, and infection of the kidney are covered in the next four chapters. Allergy, hypertension, hereditary disorders, surgical aspects, and systemic diseases which affect the kidney are presented in the last chapters. Two low-protein diets are outlined in a brief appendix. References are limited to easily available reviews written in English.The authors have paid a price for brevity. Granted, important physiological principles and most diseases of the kidney are presented, but the SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180124027 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180124027 ER -