Toxic Disturbances of Renal Functions

The prevalence and importance of the toxic nephropathies has increased considerably in the course of the last few years. This increase has created therapeutic problems in practical medicine, since the number of drugs and chemicals used in industry and agriculture, which influence human bodily functions, increases steadily. On the other hand, experimental toxic nephropathies may be good models for studying functional and structural changes of diseased glomeruli and tubules.