chandigarh: nephritic syndrome is the most common kidney-related disorder but it is only now that awareness about it is spreading; with as many as 1,500, mostly kids, having its symptoms registered in ...

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), also termed mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, is diagnosed on the basis of a glomerular-injury pattern that is common to a heterogeneous group of ...

Severe dehydration like in cases of severe blood loss (hemorrhage), shock, severe vomiting or diarrhea and overuse of diuretics. Decreased cardiac output like in heart attack, abnormal heartbeats ...

Viral infections can cause many glomerular diseases. The diagnostic criteria for virus-related nephropathy include detailed clinical and laboratory data, and tissue molecular analysis. Several ...

Interstitial nephritis is a kidney condition characterized by swelling in between the kidney tubules. The main functions of your kidneys are to filter your blood and to get rid of waste from your body ...

BETWEEN September, 1964, and April, 1966, 720 patients with acute glomerulonephritis were admitted to the General Hospital in San Fernando from the rural areas of South Trinidad, West Indies. Previous ...