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- noun medicine An
elevation of the rate ofglomerular filtration of thekidneys .
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Examples
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A high protein intake should also lead to chronic glomerular hyperfiltration; yet neither animal appears to develop progressive renal failure.
"The disdain is palpable," Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes about Andrew Sullivan writing about me. Ann Althouse 2009
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The secondary purpose of the BP med is to slow down my hyperfiltration in my kidneys.
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In primary aldosteronism, sonographic evidence of decreased intrarenal vascular resistance is associated with glomerular hyperfiltration.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue 2009
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Elevated urinary albumin excretion has been reported in primary aldosteronism and might partially reflect reversible abnormalities initiated by glomerular hyperfiltration.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue 2009
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Reverse Osmosis utilises a fine membrane to filter water - known as hyperfiltration.
unknown title 2009
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In initial phases of the DN the kidneys may be increased in size due to hyperfiltration and hypertrophy; in advanced stages there will be atrophy with diminution of size and diminution or loss of the cortico-medullary differentiation.
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Hemodynamic factors that cause glomerular hyperfiltration are another mechanism of renal damage.
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