"Nephritis, Interstitial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of the interstitial tissue of the kidney. This term is generally used for primary inflammation of KIDNEY TUBULES and/or surrounding interstitium. For primary inflammation of glomerular interstitium, see GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. Infiltration of the inflammatory cells into the interstitial compartment results in EDEMA, increased spaces between the tubules, and tubular renal dysfunction.
| Descriptor ID |
D009395
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.570.643 C13.351.968.419.570.643
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| Concept/Terms |
Nephritis, Interstitial- Nephritis, Interstitial
- Interstitial Nephritis
- Interstitial Nephritides
- Nephritides, Interstitial
Nephritis, Tubulointerstitial- Nephritis, Tubulointerstitial
- Nephritides, Tubulointerstitial
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritides
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
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