Structured Summary
Abstract
Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues.
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Classification
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Narrower headings
- AIDS-Associated Nephropathy
- Anuria
- Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder
- Cystic Kidney Diseases
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathies
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Hydronephrosis
- Hyperoxaluria
- Inborn Errors Renal Tubular Transport
- Kidney Cortex Necrosis
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Kidney Papillary Necrosis
- Nephritis
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrolithiasis
- Nephrosclerosis
- Nephrosis
- Perinephritis
- Renal Artery Obstruction
- Renal Hypertension
- Renal Insufficiency
- Renal Nutcracker Syndrome
- Renal Tuberculosis
- Uremia
- Zellweger Syndrome
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Disease, Kidney
- Diseases, Kidney
- Kidney Disease
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Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
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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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified: prefer specifics; inflammatory disease = NEPHRITIS; consider diseases under NEPHR- & RENAL; cyst = KIDNEY, CYSTIC or specifics
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Kidney Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007674. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007674
- Kidney Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_disease
- Kidney Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054718