Spravochnoe posobie soderzhit svedeniia o teoreticheskikh osnovakh nefrologii, prichinakh i diagnostike zabolevanii pochek v aspekte biokhimicheskikh issledovanii, privodit laboratornye pokazateli biologicheskikh zhidkostei zdorovykh litc. Dlia shirokogo kruga spetcialistov v oblasti klinicheskoi meditciny, vrachei kliniko-diagnosticheskikh laboratorii, slushatelei meditcinskikh fakultetov poslediplomnogo obrazovaniia, aspirantov, ordinatorov, internov i studentov meditcinskikh vuzov.