Silva's Diagnostic Renal Pathology

Xin J. Zhou, MD, is professor of pathology and internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Dr Zhou is past president of the Chinese American Society of Nephrology and has been practising pathology for more than 22 years. Zoltan Laszik, MD, is associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Tibor Nadasdy, MD, is professor of pathology at Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus. Vivette D'Agati, MD, is professor of pathology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center, New York. Fred G. Silva, MD, is secretary-treasurer and CEO of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Augusta, Georgia. Dr Silva is a preeminent expert in renal pathology and has published hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from diabetic neuropathy to tubulointerstitial disease.

'The aesthetically designed, deductive diagnostic algorithms are distinctive features in all chapters and serve as an exceedingly valuable guides for differential diagnostic work-up … commendably fills a major need for a medium­sized renal pathology textbook and has my unreserved recommendation for nephrology trainees and practising nephrologists.' Kidney International

• 1. Renal anatomy William A. Clapp; 2. Renal biopsy: the nephrologist's viewpoint Robert D. Toto; 3. Algorithmic approach to the interpretation of renal biopsy Xin J. Zhou, Zoltan Laszik, and Fred G. Silva; 4. Glomerular diseases associated with the nephritic syndrome and proteinuria Michael B. Stokes, Glen S. Markowitz, and Vivette D. D'Agati; 5. Glomerular diseases associated primarily with asymptomatic or gross hematuria Randolph A. Hennigar and James A. Tumlin; 6. Glomerular diseases associated with nephritic syndrome and/or rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis Thomas D. Rogers, Dinesh Rakheja, and Xin J. Zhou; 7. Systematic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases (mixed connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren's syndrome) Michael B. Stokes, Samih H. Nasr, and Vivette D. D'Agati; 8. Renal diseases associated with metabolic and storage disorders Zoltan Laszik and Lukas Harrigan; 9. Thrombotic microangiopathies Zoltan Laszik and Fred G. Silva; 10. Renal diseases associated with hematopoietic disorders or organized deposits Guillermo A. Herrera; 11. Tubulointerstitial diseases Shane M. Meehan and Tibor Nadasdy; 12. Hypertension and vascular diseases of the kidney Michael D. Hughson; 13. Cystic and developmental diseases Arthur G. Weinberg; 14. The aging kidney Xin J. Zhou, Dinesh Rakheja, and Fred G. Silva; 15. End stage kidney disease Steven A. Bigler and Michael G. Hughson; 16. Pathology of renal transplantation Tibor Nadasdy, Anjali Satoskar, and Gyongyi Nadasdy; 17. Tumors of the kidney Satish K. Tickoo, Pedram Argani, and Mahul B. Amin.