"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 Nephritis
- Nephritis, Familial
- Familial Nephritis
- Hereditary Interstitial Pyelonephritis
- Pyelonephritis, Hereditary Interstitial
Hemorrhagic Hereditary Nephritis- Hemorrhagic Hereditary Nephritis
- Nephritis, Hemorrhagic Hereditary
- Hemorrhagic Familial Nephritis
- Nephritis, Hemorrhagic Familial
- Hereditary Hematuria Syndrome
- Congenital Hereditary Hematuria
- Hematuria, Congenital Hereditary
- Hematuric Hereditary Nephritis
- Nephritis, Hematuric Hereditary
- Hereditary Familial Congenital Hemorrhagic Nephritis
Alport Syndrome- Alport Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alport
- Hematuria-Nephropathy-Deafness Syndrome
- Hematuria Nephropathy Deafness Syndrome
- Syndrome, Hematuria-Nephropathy-Deafness
- Alport's Syndrome
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephritis, Hereditary" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of Bardoxolone Methyl in Alport Syndrome. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 12; 17(12):1763-1774.
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Study Design and Baseline Characteristics of the CARDINAL Trial: A Phase 3 Study of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients with Alport Syndrome. Am J Nephrol. 2021; 52(3):180-189.
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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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Cystic and inherited kidney diseases. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Dec; 42(6):1305-17.
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Binding of anti-DNA antibodies and inhibition of glomerulonephritis in MRL-lpr/lpr mice by heparin. Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Oct; 33(10):1554-9.