Parent’s Guide to Kidney Disorders

A valuable new tool for doctors and parents dealing with issues in pediatric nephrology, this book is an invaluable resource for parents of children with kidney disorders, providing answers to the practical and philosophical questions parents face. The authors offer concrete information for parents and caregivers, including: •the basic anatomical and functional characteristics of the kidney, and how these relate to many of the kidney diseases that occur in childhood •basic diagnostic and therape