Watson, Stephanie

The urinary system/ Stephanie Watson. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. - xvi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Human body systems (Westport, Conn.); .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index.

Structure and function of the urinary system -- From birth to old age -- Urology comes of age: a history of the profession from antiquity to the twenty- first century -- When the kidneys malfunction: kidney diseases and abnormalities -- Kidney failure: dialysis and transplantation -- Diseases and disorders of the bladder -- Benign and cancerous prostate growth -- Urinary incontinence -- Urinary tract infections.

0313324026 (alk. paper)


Urinary organs--Diseases
Urinary organs--Physiology
Urology

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