"Nephritis, Hereditary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of inherited conditions characterized initially by HEMATURIA and slowly progressing to RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. The most common form is the Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis with HEARING LOSS) which is caused by mutations in genes for TYPE IV COLLAGEN and defective GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE.
| Descriptor ID |
D009394
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.706.742 C12.777.419.570.620 C13.351.875.742 C13.351.968.419.570.620 C16.131.939.742 C17.300.200.517
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| Concept/Terms |
Nephritis, Hereditary- Nephritis, Hereditary
- Hereditary Nephritides
- Hereditary Nephritis
- Nephritides, Hereditary
- Nephritis, Familial
- Familial Nephritides
- Familial Nephritis
- Nephritides, Familial
Alport Syndrome- Alport Syndrome
- Alport Syndromes
- Syndrome, Alport
- Syndromes, Alport
- Alport's Syndrome
- Alports Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alport's
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