This book in the Topic Pack series covers some of the commoner and some of the rarer nephrological diseases. Owing to their diverse nature a 'traditional' approach, i.e. one considering pathogenesis, symptoms, signs and treatment, has been used. This inevitably leads to some repetition but the reader should be con- stantly reminded that apparently trivial symptoms such as fre- quency, dysuria, etc. may be the clues to more fascinating pathol- ogy. In addition, where relevant, attempts have been made to remind the reader of some basic renal physiology in order to understand the results of...