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| Nephrosis | |
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| Specialty | Nephrology |
Nephrosis is any of various forms of kidney disease (nephropathy). In an old and broad sense of the term, it is any nephropathy,[1] but in current usage the term is usually restricted to a narrower sense of nephropathy without inflammation or neoplasia,[2] in which sense it is distinguished from nephritis, which involves inflammation. It is also defined as any purely degenerative disease of the renal tubules.[1] Nephrosis is characterized by a set of signs called the nephrotic syndrome.[2] Nephrosis can be a primary disorder or can be secondary to another disorder.[2] Nephrotic complications of another disorder can coexist with nephritic complications. In other words, nephrosis and nephritis can be pathophysiologically contradistinguished, but that does not mean that they cannot occur simultaneously.
Types of nephrosis include amyloid nephrosis and osmotic nephrosis.
Epidemiology
Disability-adjusted life year for nephritis and nephrosis per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[3]
no data
less than 40
40-120
120-200
200-280
280-360
360-440
440-520
520-600
600-680
680-760
760-840
more than 840
References
- ^ a b Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier.
- ^ a b c Nephrosis at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. Retrieved Nov 11, 2009.
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