 Nephritis, Hereditary
"Nephritis, Hereditary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of inherited conditions characterized initially by HEMATURIA and slowly progressing to RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. The most common form is the Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis with HEARING LOSS) which is caused by mutations in genes for TYPE IV COLLAGEN and defective GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE.
| Descriptor ID |
D009394
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.706.742 C12.777.419.570.620 C13.351.875.742 C13.351.968.419.570.620 C16.131.939.742 C17.300.200.517
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| Concept/Terms |
Nephritis, Hereditary- Nephritis, Hereditary
- Hereditary Nephritides
- Hereditary Nephritis
- Nephritides, Hereditary
- Nephritis, Familial
- Familial Nephritides
- Familial Nephritis
- Nephritides, Familial
Alport Syndrome- Alport Syndrome
- Alport Syndromes
- Syndrome, Alport
- Syndromes, Alport
- Alport's Syndrome
- Alports Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alport's
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| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephritis, Hereditary" by people in Profiles.
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Chang A, Logar CM, Finn LS, Alpers CE, Seliger SL. A rare cause of necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis in a young adult male. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 May; 45(5):956-60.
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Rizk D, Chapman AB. Cystic and inherited kidney diseases. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Dec; 42(6):1305-17.
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Naparstek Y, Ben-Yehuda A, Madaio MP, Bar-Tana R, Schuger L, Pizov G, Neeman ZV, Cohen IR. Binding of anti-DNA antibodies and inhibition of glomerulonephritis in MRL-lpr/lpr mice by heparin. Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Oct; 33(10):1554-9.
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