glomerulonephritis

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The expression levels of this same gene set in ANCA glomerulonephritis or Lupus nephritis patients were not correlative with serum creatinine or creatinine clearance values.

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  1. noun A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the renal glomeruli.

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  • Finally, a kidney biopsy specimen of crescentic glomerulonephritis was used for ISH to examine glomerular expression for CRHBP mRNA. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Incidence studies were less frequent but the largest number of studies were conducted on IDDM (n = 37) and MS (n = 28), followed by Graves 'disease / hyperthyroidism, glomerulonephritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and SLE (> / = 9). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Antibiotics probably do not prevent glomerulonephritis - but we cannot be certain. —  DB's Medical Rants
  • The expression levels of this same gene set in ANCA glomerulonephritis or Lupus nephritis patients were not correlative with serum creatinine or creatinine clearance values. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Kidney diseases include diabetic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN), hypertensive kidney disease, and chronic and repeated kidney infection (pyelonephritis).
 

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/gləmɛruloʊnɛfˈraɪtɪs/
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