First Header Logo Second Header Logo

Kidney Papillary Necrosis

"Kidney Papillary Necrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
A complication of kidney diseases characterized by cell death involving KIDNEY PAPILLA in the KIDNEY MEDULLA. Damages to this area may hinder the kidney to concentrate urine resulting in POLYURIA. Sloughed off necrotic tissue may block KIDNEY PELVIS or URETER. Necrosis of multiple renal papillae can lead to KIDNEY FAILURE.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Kidney Papillary Necrosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Kidney Papillary Necrosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
_
Top Journals expand description