Concept information
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Urogenital Abnormalities
Preferred term
Nephritis, Hereditary
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Familial Nephritis
- Hereditary Interstitial Pyelonephritis
- Hereditary Nephritis
- Nephritis, Familial
- Pyelonephritis, Hereditary Interstitial
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 77; was ALPORT'S SYNDROME 1964-76 (Prov 1964-69)
In other languages
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Finnish
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hereditaarinen munuaistulehdus
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hereditaarinen nefriitti
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hereditäärinen munuaistulehdus
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hereditäärinen nefriitti
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perinnöllinen nefriitti
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periytyvä munuaistulehdus
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periytyvä nefriitti
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Swedish
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Alports syndrom
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Familjär nefrit
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X-bundet Alports syndrom
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Ärftlig nefrit
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009394
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