nephropathy
nounEtymology From nephro- + -pathy.
- The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Synonyms
- kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder, renopathy
- Derived terms
- Balkan endemic nephropathy, epidemic nephropathy, glomerulonephropathy, immunoglobulin A nephropathy, IgA nephropathy, IgAN, Mesoamerican nephropathy, nephropathic, steatonephropathy