 Nephrocalcinosis
"Nephrocalcinosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by calcification of the renal tissue itself. It is usually seen in distal RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS with calcium deposition in the DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULES and the surrounding interstitium. Nephrocalcinosis causes RENAL INSUFFICIENCY.
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D009397
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.590 C13.351.968.419.590 C18.452.174.130.560
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephrocalcinosis" by people in Profiles.
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Narang A, Ozcan C. Severe Torsades de Pointes with acquired QT prolongation. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2019 Dec; 8(8):775-776.
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Bhojani N, Paonessa JE, Hameed TA, Worcester EM, Evan AP, Coe FL, Borofsky MS, Lingeman JE. Nephrocalcinosis in Calcium Stone Formers Who Do Not have Systemic Disease. J Urol. 2015 Nov; 194(5):1308-12.
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Miller NL, Humphreys MR, Coe FL, Evan AP, Bledsoe SB, Handa SE, Lingeman JE. Nephrocalcinosis: re-defined in the era of endourology. Urol Res. 2010 Dec; 38(6):421-7.
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O'Connor RC, Worcester EM, Evan AP, Meehan S, Kuznetsov D, Laven B, Sommer AJ, Bledsoe SB, Parks JH, Coe FL, Grynpas M, Gerber GS. Nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis in rats with small bowel resection. Urol Res. 2005 May; 33(2):105-15.
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