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nephropathy [nə′fräp·ə·thē]
(medicine) Any disease of the kidney. Nephropathy a general term that includes several renal disorders. Classified as nephropathies are nephropathy of pregnancy and a group of other kidney diseases that are distinguished from each other by a variety of morphological changes. This latter group of diseases includes myelogenous nephropathy, endemic, or Balkan, nephropathy, medicinally induced nephropathy, kaliopenic nephropathy, and hypercalcemic nephropathy. REFERENCEOsnovy nefrologii, vol. 2. Edited by E. M. Tareev. Moscow, 1972.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Hypertension is also a symptom of diffuse nephropathies such as glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis. Our data justify inclusion of hantavirus infection in the differential diagnosis of patients from Africa with unexplained febrile nephropathies or noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. In our study performed on 1,800 Sprague-Dawley rats, which are less susceptible to the spontaneous development of nephropathies than Fischer rats, we observed a dose-related, statistically significant increase in the incidence of dysplastic hyperplasia and carcinoma of the renal pelvis in females, but none in males, compared with the controls. |
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