The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Lupus (16 page)

glomerulopathy; dense deposit disease; the nephropathy of liver disease;

Alport syndrome; Fabry disease; nephropathy of toxemia of pregnancy;

and end-stage kidney glomerular lesions following transplantation. The

appendix contains information about some of the more useful histologic

techniques and about examination of renal specimens. The atlas presents

numerous microscopy reproductions, in both black and white and color.

A subject index concludes the volume. 306 references.

Commercial Internet-based booksellers, such as Amazon.com and Barnes &

Noble.com, offer summaries which have been supplied by each title’s

publisher. Some summaries also include customer reviews. Your local

bookseller may have access to in-house and commercial databases that index

all published books (e.g. Books in PrintÒ). The following have been recently

listed with online booksellers as relating to lupus nephritis (sorted

alphabetically by title; follow the hyperlink to view more details at

Amazon.com):

·
Lupus Nephritis (Oxford Clinical Nephrology Series)
by Edmund J.

Lewis (Editor), Melvin M. Schwartz (Editor), Stephen Korbet (Editor);

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/b>Publishe/icongroupin

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The National Library of Medicine Book Index

The National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health has a

massive database of books published on healthcare and biomedicine. Go to

the following Internet site,
http://locatorplus.gov/
, and then select “Search LOCATORplus.” Once you are in the search area, simply type “lupus

nephritis” (or synonyms) into the search box, and select “books only.” From

there, results can be sorted by publication date, author, or relevance. The

following was recently catalogued by the National Library of Medicine:
27

27 In addition to LOCATORPlus, in collaboration with authors and publishers, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is adapting biomedical books for the Web. The 80 Lupus Nephritis

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Autoimmunity in nephritis.
Author: edited by Francis W. Ballardie; Year: 1992; Chur; Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers, c1992;

ISBN: 3718651955

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3718651955/icongroupin

terna

·
Hereditary nephritis.
Author: International Meeting on Recent

Advances in Hereditary Nephritis, Vimercate, July 1, 1989; volume

editors, Adalberto Sessa, Mietta Meroni, Graziana Battini; Year: 1990;

Basel; New York: Karger, 1990; ISBN: 380555172X

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/380555172X/icongroupi

nterna

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Kidney in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Author: Rothfield, Naomi F., 1929-; Year: 1972; Denver, National Kidney Foundation, 1972

·
Lectures on nephritis and hypertension: New York University, College

of Medicine.
Author: William Goldring; Year: 1938; Ann Arbor, Mich.:

Edwards, 1938

·
Lupus nephritis, by Robert C. Muehrcke [and others].
Author:

Muehrcke, Robert Carl, 1921-; Year: 1957; Baltimore, Williams &

Wilkins, 1957

·
Lupus nephritis.
Author: edited by Edmund J. Lewis, Melvin M.

Schwartz, and Stephen M. Korbet; Year: 1999; Oxford; New York: Oxford

University Press, c1999; ISBN: 0192627554

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192627554/icongroupin

terna

·
Multisystem diseases.
Author: editor, G.R.D. Catto; Year: 1989;

Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1989; ISBN:

0746200609 (U.S.)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0746200609/icongroupin

terna

·
Renal Disease: classification and atlas of tubulo-interstitial and

vascular diseases\ Surya Venkata Seshan ... [et al.].
Author:

Christophers, Allen J., 1915-; Year: 1998; Baltimore: Williams &

Wilkins, c1999; ISBN: 0683306774

books may be accessed in two ways: (1) by searching directly using any search term or phrase (in the same way as the bibliographic database PubMed), or (2) by following the links to PubMed abstracts. Each PubMed abstract has a “Books” button that displays a facsimile of the abstract in which some phrases are hypertext links. These phrases are also found in the books available at NCBI. Click on hyperlinked results in the list of books in which the phrase is found. Currently, the majority of the links are between the books and PubMed. In the future, more links will be created between the books and other types of information, such as gene and protein sequences and macromolecular structures. See
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books.

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0683306774/icongroupin

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·
Renal disease: classification and atlas of tubulo-interstitial diseases.

Author: prepared by the World Health Organization Collaborating

Centre for the Histological Classification of Renal Diseases; Jacob Churg

... [et al.]; Year: 1985; Tokyo; New York: Igaku-Shoin, c1985; ISBN:

0896401049 (U.S.)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0896401049/icongroupin

terna

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Rheumatology and the kidney.
Author: edited by Dwomoa Adu, Paul

Emery and Michael P. Madaio; Year: 2001; Oxford; New York: Oxford

University Press, c2001; ISBN: 0192631780 (Hbk: alk. paper)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192631780/icongroupin

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Frequently, lupus nephritis will be discussed within a book, perhaps within

a specific chapter. In order to find chapters that are specifically dealing with lupus nephritis, an excellent source of abstracts is the Combined Health

Information Database. You will need to limit your search to book chapters

and lupus nephritis using the “Detailed Search” option. Go directly to the

following hyperlink:
http://chid.nih.gov/detail/detail.html
. To find book chapters, use the drop boxes at the bottom of the search page where “You

may refine your search by.” Select the dates and language you prefer, and

the format option “Book Chapter.” By making these selections and typing in

“lupus nephritis” (or synonyms) into the “For these words:” box, you will

only receive results on chapters in books. The following is a typical result

when searching for book chapters on lupus nephritis:

·
Course and Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

Source: in Coggins, C.H.; Hancock, E.W., Eds. Annual Review of

Medicine: Selected Topics in the Clinical Sciences, Volume 45. Palo Alto,

CA: Annual Reviews Inc. 1994. p. 525-537.

Contact: Available from Annual Reviews Inc. 4139 El Camino Way, P.O.

Box 10139, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139. (800) 523-8635. Fax: (415) 855-9815.

Price: $47. ISBN: 0824305450.

Summary: This chapter, from an 'Annual Review of Medicine,' discusses

the course and treatment of lupus nephritis. The authors note that renal

involvement by systemic lupus is variable; some patients have minimal

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clinical and histologic involvement, whereas others have fulminant renal

failure and severe proliferative renal lesions. The chapter focuses on the

World Health Organization (WHO) classification system which defines

six major patterns of renal involvement, each with characteristic clinical

correlates and a typical course and prognosis. The WHO classification is

advantageous because it uses light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and

electron microscopy to classify glomerular involvement in systemic lupus

erythematosus. The chapter discusses each of the six levels of the

classification system and includes reproductions of light microscopy

photographs for five of the six levels. 5 figures. 38 references. (AA-M).

General Home References

In addition to references for lupus nephritis, you may want a general home

medical guide that spans all aspects of home healthcare. The following list is a recent sample of such guides (sorted alphabetically by title; hyperlinks

provide rankings, information, and reviews at Amazon.com):

·
Urodynamics Made Easy
by Christopher R. Chapple, Scott A.

MacDiarmid; Paperback -- 2nd edition (April 15, 2000), Churchill

Livingstone; ISBN: 0443054630;

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443054630/icongroupinterna

Vocabulary Builder

Acidosis:
A pathologic condition resulting from accumulation of acid or depletion of the alkaline reserve (bicarbonate content) in the blood and body

tissues, and characterized by an increase in hydrogen ion concentration. [EU]

Arterial:
Pertaining to an artery or to the arteries. [EU]

Benign:
Not malignant; not recurrent; favourable for recovery. [EU]

Calculi:
An abnormal concretion occurring mostly in the urinary and biliary tracts, usually composed of mineral salts. Also called stones. [NIH]

Electrolyte:
A substance that dissociates into ions when fused or in solution, and thus becomes capable of conducting electricity; an ionic solute. [EU]

Idiopathic:
Of the nature of an idiopathy; self-originated; of unknown causation. [EU]

Microscopy:
The application of microscope magnification to the study of materials that cannot be properly seen by the unaided eye. [NIH]

Nephrons:
The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus Books 83

and the attached tubule. [NIH]

Poisoning:
A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion,

injection or inhalation of, or exposure to a deleterious agent. [NIH]

Puromycin:
An antibiotic from Streptomyces alboniger that inhibits protein synthesis by binding to RNA. It is a antineoplastic and antitrypanosomal

agent and is used in research as an inhibitor of protein synthesis. [NIH]

Toxemia:
A generalized intoxication produced by toxins and other

substances elaborated by an infectious agent. [NIH]

Urinary:
Pertaining to the urine; containing or secreting urine. [EU]

Multimedia 85

CHAPTER 7. MULTIMEDIA ON LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Overview

Information on lupus nephritis can come in a variety of formats. Among

multimedia sources, video productions, slides, audiotapes, and computer

databases are often available. In this chapter, we show you how to keep

current on multimedia sources of information on lupus nephritis. We start

with sources that have been summarized by federal agencies, and then show

you how to find bibliographic information catalogued by the National

Library of Medicine. If you see an interesting item, visit your local medical

library to check on the availability of the title.

Bibliography: Multimedia on Lupus Nephritis

The National Library of Medicine is a rich source of information on

healthcare-related multimedia productions including slides, computer

software, and databases. To access the multimedia database, go to the

following Web site:
http://locatorplus.gov/
. Select “Search LOCATORplus.”

Once in the search area, simply type in lupus nephritis (or synonyms). Then,

in the option box provided below the search box, select “Audiovisuals and

Computer Files.” From there, you can choose to sort results by publication

date, author, or relevance. The following multimedia has been indexed on

lupus nephritis. For more information, follow the hyperlink indicated:

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[motion picture].
Source: a Telsho production; Year: 1939; Format: Edema--cardiac and renal; United States: Telsho, [1939]

·
Autoimmune diseases.
Source: [presented by] Journal of women's

health; Year: 1993; Format: Videorecording; Bethesda, MD:

BioConferences International, c1993

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·
Chronic empyema with bronchial fistula and complicated by nephritis.

Source: [production company unknown]; S.W. Harrington; Year: 1935;

Format: Motion picture; [S.l.: s.n., 1935]

·
Current concepts in collagen vascular diseases.
Source: presented by the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, School of Medicine;

Year: 1983; Format: Videorecording; Atlanta, Ga.: Emory Medical

Television Network, 1983

·
Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
Source: Dept. of

Medicine, Emory University, School of Medicine; Year: 1978; Format:

Videorecording; Atlanta: Georgia Regional Medical Television Network:

[for loan and sale by A. W. Calhoun Medical Library], 1978

·
Immunofluorescence in the study of renal diseases.
Source: Giuseppe A. Andres, Paul D. Leber, Robert T. McCluskey; Year: 1973; Format: Slide;

New York: Medcom, c1973

·
Interstitial nephritis : an overview.
Source: Academy of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Media Division; produced through the mobile facilities of

the Health Sciences Media Division TV Branch; Year: 1977; Format:

Videorecording; Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.: The Academy, [1977]

·
Lupas subsets as manifested in dermatologic disease [videorecording].

Source: [presented by] the Marshfield Regional Video Network, in

cooperation with Marshfield Clinic & St. Joseph's Hospital; Year: 1981;

Format: I.e. lupus; Marshfield, WI: The Network, 1981

·
Lupus: wolf in disguise.
Source: Los Angeles County Medical