Diseases

Acute Kidney Tubular Necrosis

Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of EPITHELIAL CELLS of the KIDNEY TUBULES. It is commonly attributed to exposure to toxic agents or renal ISCHEMIA following severe TRAUMA.

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Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of EPITHELIAL CELLS of the KIDNEY TUBULES. It is commonly attributed to exposure to toxic agents or renal ISCHEMIA following severe TRAUMA.

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  • Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute
  • Lower Nephron Nephrosis
  • Lower Nephron Nephroses
  • Nephron Nephroses, Lower
  • Nephron Nephrosis, Lower
  • Nephroses, Lower Nephron
  • Nephrosis, Lower Nephron

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE 1975-90; LOWER NEPHRON NEPHROSIS was see under KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE 1971-78, was see KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE 1967-70, was see ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 1963-66

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Acute Kidney Tubular Necrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007683. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007683
  2. Acute Kidney Tubular Necrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_tubular_necrosis
  3. Acute Kidney Tubular Necrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2425407