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Nephrotic Syndrome

"Nephrotic Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A condition characterized by severe PROTEINURIA, greater than 3.5 g/day in an average adult. The substantial loss of protein in the urine results in complications such as HYPOPROTEINEMIA; generalized EDEMA; HYPERTENSION; and HYPERLIPIDEMIAS. Diseases associated with nephrotic syndrome generally cause chronic kidney dysfunction.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nephrotic Syndrome" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nephrotic Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 17 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005
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