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For newly diagnosed patients and their families, this guide offers answers to 100 questions about kidney disease and hypertension, including those about diagnosis of kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, transplants, and dialysis. Townsend and Cohen (hypertension and clinical hypertension, U. of Pennsylvania) provide answers about kidneys and their function, links to high blood pressure, kidney disease and diabetes, causes of malfunctions, and kidney stones and their management. There is no bibliography. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)