Nephritis
71glomerular nephritis — see glomerulonephritis * * * glomerulonephritis …
72acute nephritis — see under glomerulonephritis …
73acute focal bacterial nephritis — acute pyelonephritis …
74bacterial nephritis — renal inflammation caused by bacterial infection, usually in the form of pyelonephritis; it may be focal or diffuse …
75Balkan nephritis — Balkan nephropathy …
76chronic nephritis — see under glomerulonephritis …
77Henoch-Schцnlein purpura nephritis — a type of glomerulonephritis sometimes seen with Henoch Schцnlein purpura; clinical characteristics usually resemble those of IgA nephropathy, and a rapidly progressive form can lead to renal failure …
78hereditary tubulointerstitial nephritis — familial juvenile nephronophthisis (def. 1) …
79Heymann nephritis — an experimental model of membranous glomerulonephritis, induced in rats by injection of an antigen preparation derived from tubule brush borders, which causes an autoimmune reaction by the native tubules …
80interstitial nephritis — primary or secondary disease of the renal interstitial tissue. Causes include arterial, arteriolar, glomerular, or tubular disease that destroys individual nephrons; toxic involvement of interstitial cells and tubules by systemic diseases such as …