"Glomerulonephritis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Inflammation of the renal glomeruli (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS) that can be classified by the type of glomerular injuries including antibody deposition, complement activation, cellular proliferation, and glomerulosclerosis. These structural and functional abnormalities usually lead to HEMATURIA; PROTEINURIA; HYPERTENSION; and RENAL INSUFFICIENCY.
| Descriptor ID |
D005921
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.570.363 C13.351.968.419.570.363
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glomerulonephritis" by people in Profiles.
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Spectrum of kidney diseases in Africa: malaria, schistosomiasis, sickle cell disease, and toxins. Clin Nephrol. 2016 Supplement 1; 86 (2016)(13):53-60.
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Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in the Northern Territory of Australia: a review of 16 years data and comparison with the literature. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Oct; 85(4):703-10.
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Infection and glomerulonephritis. Semin Immunopathol. 2007 Nov; 29(4):397-414.
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Chronic kidney disease in human immunodeficiency virus infection. Panminerva Med. 2007 Jun; 49(2):51-66.
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Biochemical and serological characteristics of children with membranous nephropathy due to hepatitis B virus infection: correlation with hepatitis B e antigen, hepatitis B DNA and hepatitis D. Nephron. 1988; 49(3):184-9.