Nephrosis (original) (raw)

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Non-inflammatory kidney disease

Medical condition

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.[_citation needed_]

Disability-adjusted life year for nephritis and nephrosis per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[3]

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less than 40

40-120

120-200

200-280

280-360

360-440

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520-600

600-680

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1. ^ a b Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier.
2. ^ a b c Nephrosis at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
3. ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. Retrieved Nov 11, 2009.