Publisher's Synopsis
This review of diuretic drugs covers the treatment of hypertension, the edema-forming states, renal failure, and nephrolithiasis as well as complications of therapy. Recent studies on the molecular biology of diuretic action, maintenance of cell size, and membrane transport physiology are also presented.;The text should be of interest to internists, nephrologists, cardiologists, physiologists, molecular biologists, clinical pharmacologists, and medicinal chemists with interest in diuretics and antihypertensive agents or in membrane transport.
