Tubulo-Interstitial Nephropathies: Proceedings of the 4th Bari Seminar in Nephrology, Bari, Italy, April 25–28, 1990: Developments in Nephrology, cartea 31

1. Structural aspects of the renal interstitium.- 2. Experimental models of tubulo-interstitial nephritis (TIN).- 3. Tubulo-interstitial ultrastructural features in nephropathies.- 4. The consequences of tubulo-interstitial changes for renal function in glomerulopathies: a morphometric and cytological analysis.- 5. Medullary sponge kidney (tubular ectasia): a common finding in calcium nephrolithiasis.- 6. Cytological diagnosis of tubulo-interstitial nephritis.- 7. Analgesic nephropathy (AN).- 8. Renal impairment in uric acid excretion in patients with primary gout.- 9. Oxalate nephropathy pathophysiology and biochemical features.- 10. Nephropathy induced by heavy metals.- 11. Acute renal failure due to allergic interstitial nephritis: long term outcome.- 12. Drug-induced tubulo-interstitial nephritis.- 13. Tubulo-interstitial nephropathies by industrial chemicals.- 14. Balkan nephropathy.- 15. Renal papillary necrosis and tubulo-interstitial nephritis.- 16. Reflux nephropathy.- 17. Proteinuria and brush border antigens in reflux nephropathy.- 18. Role of the immune system in obstructive uropathy.- 19. Potassium homeostatis in obstructive uropathy and interstitial nephritis.- 20. Tubulo-interstitial lesions in renal allograft.- 21. Historical review of concept of pyelonephritis.- 22. The nature and role of interstitial infiltrates in bacterial pyelonephritis.- 23. Urinary tamm-horsfall protein excretion in patients with pyelonephritis or glomerulonephritis.- 24. Cell-mediated immunity and recurrent urinary tract infections.- 25. Tissue infiltrates in human chronic pyelonephritis.- 26. Urinary tract infections in pregnancy.- 27. Role of the tubular basement membrane in the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease.- 28. Cystic disease of the kidney: clinical and pathophysiologic aspects.- 29. HLA system in uremics with cystic diseases.- 30. Tubulo-interstitial changes in HIV associated nephropathy: study of 14 cases.- 31. Two cases of renal interstitial granulomatous lesions with improvable renal failure in sarcoidosis.- 32. Acute interstitial nephritis with uveitis in adolescents.- 33. Familial interstitial nephritis in males without hearing loss.- 34. Effect of the ace-inhibitor enalapril on plasma concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide and on glomerular filtration rate in normotensive and hypertensive diabetic rats.- 35. Can plasma-exchange improve survival of patients with acute myeloma renal failure (AMRF).- 36. Morphological and biochemical characteristics of human tubular epithelial cells “in culture” deriving from nephronophthisis.- 37. Short-term effects on renal function of EDTA chelation therapy in lead-associated nephropathy.