Nephrosis

Not to be confused with necrosis, nephritis, or nephrotic syndrome.

Nephrosis is any of various forms of kidney disease (nephropathy). In an old and broad sense of the term, it is any nephropathy,^[1] but in current usage the term is usually restricted to a narrower sense of nephropathy without inflammation or neoplasia,^[2] in which sense it is distinguished from nephritis, which involves inflammation. It is also defined as any purely degenerative disease of the renal tubules.^[1] Nephrosis is characterized by a set of signs called the nephrotic syndrome.^[2] Nephrosis can be a primary disorder or can be secondary to another disorder.^[2] Nephrotic complications of another disorder can coexist with nephritic complications. In other words, nephrosis and nephritis can be pathophysiologically contradistinguished, but that does not mean that they cannot occur simultaneously. Types of nephrosis include amyloid nephrosis and osmotic nephrosis.^{[citation needed]}

Nephrosis
Specialty	Nephrology

Epidemiology

Disability-adjusted life year for nephritis and nephrosis per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.^[3]

  no data

  less than 40

  40-120

  120-200

  200-280

  280-360

  360-440

  440-520

  520-600

  600-680

  680-760

  760-840

  more than 840

References

1. Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier.
2. Nephrosis at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
3. "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. Retrieved Nov 11, 2009.

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