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This book offers the exam-going student's perspective with the expertise of experienced, specialist contributors. It is primarily written for pre-clinical undergraduate students but also serves as a comprehensive guide for clinical students and a reference for science professionals. It contains core knowledge, identifies and emphasises essential learning points, and also enables readers to explore additional information. Comprised of clear and concise explanations of key concepts and illustrated with colourful figures and tables throughout, the book covers renal anatomy, physiology, histology, embryology, pathology and clinically relevant aspects with integrative case studies. Information is summarised and categorised into colour-coded boxes, presenting the material in a well organised and easily accessible manner. Key learning points are identified to aid exam preparation, and self-assessment questions based on past papers are provided at the end of each chapter (including multiple-choice, extended-matching and short-answer questions). This learning resource is designed to inspire student interest in the renal system and support exam preparation.

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This is an excellent addition to the educational literature on a body system that has an unjustified reputation for being complex and esoteric. The main selling point of the book is that it is written by students for students: a rarity indeed. The book contains much more knowledge than an undergraduate medical student would ever need (even in a medical school with a nephrologist as Dean!) but is nevertheless a superb example of good use of diagrams, learning points, case studies and self-assessment questions. --Professor Mathieson, professor of medicine and dean, University of Bristol

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Sunita R Deshmukh, BMedSci (Hons) Sunita experienced a broad range of education methods during her school and undergraduate studies as a medical student. This has given her a strong appreciation of the value of good teaching leading to a good education. She is a post-Graduate medical student at the University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UK. Consequently she has both the exam-taking student's perspective as well as a great enthusiasm to explain the remarkable array of bio-physico-chemical mechanisms comprising the renal system. Her aim is to produce a book that contains core knowledge and identifies and emphasises essential learning points, whilst also enabling readers to explore additional information if they are so inclined. Newton W K Wong Newton is currently a senior medical student at the University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UK. He developed a liking and passion for the renal system following his renal sciences module at Nottingham. It never ceases to amaze him how two small structures in the human body can have such a significant systemic impact. He hopes this book will help fellow students understand the importance of the renal system and even generate some serious interest!

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