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What is a nephrosis?

What is a nephrosis? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.
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A 49-year-old Japanese man had a history of nephrosis, heavy alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, and liver cirrhosis and had been undergoing dialysis for 10 years.
Thus, the kidneys, after many injections of the protein, showed the characteristic macroscopic picture of the third stage of the amyloid nephrosis.
As previously mentioned, congenital nephrosis is an especially severe form that may be apparent at the time of birth.
Therefore, the major histologic findings were hepatic necrosis, nephrosis, and splenitis, with intranuclear inclusion bodies.
Mrs. Wilcox began her work at the center in 1957 with a day-to-day visual chronicle of clinical research relating to childhood nephrosis, a kidney disease.
Check the ureters for the presence of excessive amounts of white urates, which might indicate nephrosis.

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