Preferred Name |
Glomerulonephritis |
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Synonyms |
Glomerular Nephritis GN |
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Definitions |
Inflammation of the renal glomeruli. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000099 |
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curator note |
Provide source for additional info. |
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database cross reference |
HP:0000099 |
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definition |
Inflammation of the renal glomeruli. |
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definition source | ||
diagnosed by | ||
existence in other ontologies |
Sufficient |
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has age of onset |
May occur at any age. |
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hasExactSynonym |
Glomerular Nephritis GN |
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in guideline |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SCDO_1000150 |
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is caused by |
Variety of causes - in sickle cell disease, most common lesion is focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) but also reported Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and other forms of glomerulonephritis. |
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is characterised by |
Patients with hematuria may have dark-colored urine. Glomerulonephritis may lead to the proteinuria and "foamy" appearance of the urine. If the latter is substantial, patients may develop clinically evident edema. |
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prefixIRI |
HP:0000099 |
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prefLabel |
Glomerulonephritis |
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previous identifier |
SCDO:0000458 |
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rdfs:label |
Glomerulonephritis |
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treated with | ||
subClassOf |