Kidney disease
Definition
Kidney disease is classified as any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys. This may include:
- acute kidney failure
- acute nephritic syndrome
- analgesic nephropathy
- atheroembolic renal disease
- chronic kidney failure
- chronic nephritis
- congenital nephrotic syndrome
- end-stage renal disease
- Goodpasture’s syndrome
- IgM mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
- interstitial nephritis
- kidney cancer
- kidney damage
- kidney infection
- kidney injury
- kidney stones
- lupus nephritis
- membranoproliferative GN I
- membranoproliferative GN II
- membranous nephropathy
- minimal change disease
- necrotizing glomerulonephritis
- nephroblastoma
- nephrocalcinosis
- nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- IgA nephropathy (Berger’s disease)
- nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome)
- polycystic kidney disease
- post-streptococcal GN
- reflux nephropathy
- renal artery embolism
- renal artery stenosis
- renal disorders
- renal papillary necrosis
- renal tubular acidosis type I
- renal tubular acidosis type II
- renal underperfusion
- renal vein thrombosis
Last revised: December 8, 2012
by Brenda A. Kuper, M.D.
by Brenda A. Kuper, M.D.
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