Edited by M.E. De Broe, G.A. Porter, W.M. Bennett, and G.A. Verpooten. 481 pp., illustrated. Boston, Kluwer Academic, 1998. $265. ISBN 0-7923-3611-9.
Toxic-waste dumps, ancient Chinese herbal remedies, and over-the-countermedications — each has nephrotoxic potential. As manyas 30 percent of cases of end-stage renal disease may have beencaused or exacerbated by nephrotoxins, and 20 percent of casesof acute renal failure are attributable to drugs. In the UnitedStates, end-stage renal disease develops in no fewer than 2000to 5000 people each year because of known or probable nephrotoxicity.With so many nephrotoxins, an easy-to-use guidebook would bewelcome. In Clinical Nephrotoxins, a group of internationallyrecognized authorities has sought to assemble a "comprehensivehandbook on all aspects of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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