Glomerulonephritis - basic concepts; the investigation of glomerulonephritis; pharmacological mediators and the immunopathology of nephritis; cell and mediators in glomerulonephritis; the mesangial cells, cytokines and growth factors; SLE and glomerulonephritis; features of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and systemic vasculitis; membranous nephropathy and idiopathic nephrotic syndrome; IgA nephropathy; components of the extracellular matrix and of basement membranes; glomerulosclerosis; options in the treatment of glomerulonephritis; diabetic neuropathy; pre-eclamptic toxaemia; chronic pyelonephritis.