1998 Presidential Address

[摘要] Ladies and gentlemen, members and guests of the Society. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to officially open this 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology and the continuation of Renal Week, and to welcome you to Philadelphia, the birthplace of our Republic. This meeting has exceeded past records, both in terms of abstracts submitted and in registrants from North America and abroad. This growth reflects the increasing realization by nephrologists and renal investigators internationally that this is the premier clinical and scientific nephrology meeting in the world. For its success, we are indebted to the Program Committee, the Postgraduate Education Committee, and the Basic Science Committee, and their respective Chairs, and to the Society's corporate sponsors.

[学科分类] 泌尿医学

[关键词] Bone marrow necrosis;Sickle cell disease;Hyperhemolysis syndrome