nephritis
Also known as kidneyitis, kidney inflammation
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. It is one of several different types of nephropathy.
Key facts
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- Nephritis
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- Enlarged kidney (anatomy)
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- Nephrology
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- Glomerulonephritis and Interstitial nephritis
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- Ultrasound, X-ray
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- Depends on type(See type)
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Research
96,752 papers- Drug-Induced Acute Interstitial Nephritis.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2017
- Interstitial nephritis.Contributions to nephrology · 1980
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- Diagnosis
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- Prevalence
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Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. It is one of several different types of nephropathy.
==Types== Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of the glomeruli. Glomerulonephritis is often implied when using the term "nephritis" without qualification. Interstitial nephritis (or tubulo-interstitial nephritis) is inflammation of the spaces between renal tubules.