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Descriptor
English
:
Glomerulonephritis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Glomerulonefritis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Glomerulonefrite
Synonyms
English
:
Bright Disease
Glomerulonephritides
Kidney Scarring
Scarring, Kidney
Tree Number:
C12.777.419.570.363
C13.351.968.419.570.363
Definition
English
:
Inflammation
of the renal glomeruli (
KIDNEY GLOMERULUS
) that can be classified by the type of glomerular injuries including antibody deposition,
complement activation
, cellular proliferation, and glomerulosclerosis. These structural and functional abnormalities usually lead to
HEMATURIA
;
PROTEINURIA
;
HYPERTENSION
; and
RENAL INSUFFICIENCY.
See Related
English
:
Kidney Failure, Chronic
History Note
English
:
BRIGHT DISEASE was BRIGHT'S DISEASE see NEPHRITIS 1963-78
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
6065
Unique Identifier:
D005921
Occurrence in VHL
:
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