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.

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Medical condition (new).name: Nephritis
Medical condition (new).image: File:Hunter enlarged kidney.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Enlarged kidney (anatomy)
Medical condition (new).field: Nephrology
Medical condition (new).types: Glomerulonephritis and Interstitial nephritis
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Ultrasound, X-ray
Medical condition (new).treatment: 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
Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome in Pediatric Patients.Ocular immunology and inflammation · 2023
Lupus Nephritis: A Treatment Update.Current clinical pharmacology · 2018
Acute interstitial nephritis.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 1998

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NCI Thesaurus ID: C26833
Commons category: Nephritis
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000098
ICD-9-CM: 583.9
name: нефрит
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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.