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NEPHROTIC SYNDROME [1 record]

Record 1 2003-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
DEF

[A syndrome marked by the] clinical association of heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and generalized edema.

OBS

Nephrosis : [a] descriptive histopathologic term for renal disease without an inflammatory component.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
DEF

Syndrome qui accompagne une pathologie du glomérule et qui se caractérise par une fuite des protéines du sang vers les urines.

OBS

Glomérule : un des constituants microscopiques du rein permettant l'élimination des déchets du sang.

OBS

Néphrose : classiquement, affection rénale caractérisée par des lésions dégénératives, par opposition aux affections inflammatoires (néphrites). Ce sens est abandonné aujourd'hui. Dans le sens actuel, synonyme de syndrome néphrotique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías urinarias
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