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A kidney disease with no or minimal histological glomerular changes on light microscopy and with no immune deposits. It is characterized by lipid accumulation in the epithelial cells of KIDNEY TUBULES and in the URINE. Patients usually show NEPHROTIC SYNDROME indicating the presence of PROTEINURIA with accompanying EDEMA.
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- Glomerulonephritis, Minimal Change
- Glomerulopathy, Minimal Change
- Idiopathic Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
- Minimal Change Disease
- Minimal Change Glomerulopathy
- Nephropathy, Minimal Change
- Nephrosis, Lipoid
- Change Diseases, Minimal
- Disease, Minimal Change
- Diseases, Minimal Change
- Glomerulonephritides, Minimal Change
- Glomerulopathies, Minimal Change
- Lipoid Nephroses
- Minimal Change Diseases
- Minimal Change Glomerulonephritides
- Minimal Change Glomerulonephritis
- Minimal Change Nephropathies
- Minimal Change Nephropathy
- Nephropathies, Minimal Change
- Nephroses, Lipoid
- Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrotic Syndrome, Minimal Change
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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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- National Library of Medicine. Lipoid Nephrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009402
- Lipoid Nephrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_change_disease
- Lipoid Nephrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1323002