In memoriam- Dr. Robert Hodgson Heptinstall

Abstract This manuscript is a brief biography and reminiscence of Dr. Robert H. Heptinstall, a preeminent nephropathologist who had a major and formative impact on the field of nephropathology, and on nephrology in general. In his tour-de-force textbook of renal pathology, he brought the assessment...

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Main Author: Lorraine C. Racusen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02323-z
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Summary:Abstract This manuscript is a brief biography and reminiscence of Dr. Robert H. Heptinstall, a preeminent nephropathologist who had a major and formative impact on the field of nephropathology, and on nephrology in general. In his tour-de-force textbook of renal pathology, he brought the assessment of diseases of the kidney into the modern era. This textbook, now Heptinstall’s Textbook of Renal Pathology, will extend his seminal influence well into the future.
ISSN:1471-2369