Nephrosis is any of various forms of
kidney disease (nephropathy). In an old and broad
sense
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of the term, it is any nephropathy,
but in current
usage
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the term is usually restricted to a narrower sense of nephropathy without
inflammation
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or
neoplasia
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,
in which sense it is distinguished from
nephritis, which involves inflammation. It is also defined as any purely
degenerative disease of the
renal tubules.
Nephrosis is characterized by a set of
signs called the
nephrotic syndrome.
Nephrosis can be a primary disorder or can be secondary to another disorder.
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.
Epidemiology
References
External links
Kidney diseases
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