This volume aims to bring together current knowledge of both the scien tific and clinical aspects of RPN. Recent advances in the immunology, inflammatory mechanisms and pathology of RPGN are discussed. This is f ollowed by consideration of the major causes of RPGN, which include Go odpasture's disease, primary systematic vasculitis and systematic lupu s erythematosus. RPGN secondary to other renal and systemic diseases, and RPGN in children are also described. Finally, new approaches to tr eatment are reviewed. Although certain of these areas are covered in t he larger textbooks on renal...