glomerulonephritis
IPA: gɫˈɑmɝˈuɫoʊnˈɛfrˈaɪtʌs
noun
- (medicine) A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.
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Examples of "glomerulonephritis" in Sentences
- Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
- Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
- Antibody target for animal model of Glomerulonephritis.
- This is similar to the post streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
- Patients present with signs and symptoms of glomerulonephritis.
- It was a sign of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, or kidney failure.
- Streptococcus is sometimes followed by an acute kidney disease called glomerulonephritis, which would explain the severe swelling.
- - Follow-up to exclude acute rheumatic fever (polyarthritis, cardiac signs) and glomerulonephritis (edema, proteinuria, hypertension, hematuria).
- About one-third of all SLE patients will develop lupus nephritis also known as lupus glomerulonephritis, a serious kidney disease that can lead to kidney failure.
- A previous kidney biopsy from New Hampshire had shown membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, inflammation of microscopic structures in the kidney caused by an abnormal immune response.
- I once had glomerulonephritis as a result of an undiagnosed strep infection - so I like to get a real diagnosis and I ask for her to send Rx for the antibiotics to the pharmacy only after the results come back!
- The chemical treatment also alleviated the SLE-associated symptoms such as glomerulonephritis, proteinuria, and accumulation of anti-nuclear and - DNA antibodies in the SLE model mice resulting from chronic surface exposure of gp96.
- For the last eight months, Chadwick endured dialysis treatments for three and a half hours every day for his condition, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, in which his immune system attacked his kidneys, slowly scarring them beyond repair.
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