PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

《儿科肾脏病学》发表了最初的实验室或临床研究和新的或重要的临床观察，涉及影响儿童肾功能以及高血压、体液和电解质代谢的各种急慢性疾病。研究可能涉及医学、外科、营养、生理、生化、病理或免疫学方面的疾病成像技术或肾功能衰竭的后果。这类作品要么作为全文原稿发表，要么作为简要报告发表。该期刊还通过邀请公认权威机构的贡献和相关文献的贡献编辑的总结，审查了该领域的重要新进展或有争议的问题。特色包括病理病例会议、儿科实用肾脏病专区、致编辑的信函和问答论坛。

Pediatric Nephrology publishes original laboratory or clinical research and new or important clinical observations pertaining to any aspect of the wide spectrum of acute and chronic diseases that affect renal function in children as well as on hypertension and fluid and electrolyte metabolism. Studies may involve medical surgical nutritional physiologic biochemical pathologic or immunologic aspects of disease imaging techniques or consequences of renal failure. Such work is published either as full length original contributions or as brief reports. The journal also reviews important new developments or controversial issues in the field through invited contributions from recognized authorities and through summaries by its contributing editors of related literature. Special features include pathologic case conferences a section on practical pediatric nephrology letters to the editors and a question and answer forum.