Overview
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Jordan J. Cohen
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Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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John T. Harrington
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New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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Jerome P. Kassirer
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New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Intrinsic Renal Disease
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- Charles van Ypersele de Strihou
Pages 107-133
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Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
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Front Matter
Pages 135-138
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Disturbances in Calcium and Phosphorous
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Front Matter
Pages 279-282
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Back Matter
Pages 375-383
About this book
A few years ago, as the editor of Kidney International, I was ap proached by Drs. Cohen, Kassirer, and Harrington who suggested that a new feature should be included in each monthly issue of the journal. They suggested that it should employ a case discussion format such as that used frequently at specialty rounds in teaching hospitals, and that the discussion should place a special emphasis on the relationship between basic science and important problems in clinical nephrology. The summary of an actual patient history would first be presented to exemplify a particular clinical problem, a seasoned person of proven expertise would be invited to deliver a well-documented analysis of the relevant issues, and perhaps most ambitiously of all, a critical audience would be assembled to challenge the principal discussant in an open ended, question-and-answer period. The entire affair would be recorded at the time of the live conference and transcribed subse quently in preparation for publication as a "Nephrology Forum. " I must confess that I was somewhat hesitant at first to endorse their proposal because, at the time, Kidney International had just begun to establish a solid reputation for the publication of high quality, peer reviewed manuscripts dealing with the clinical and laboratory research interests of the international nephrological community.
