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Kidney

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Definition: Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.  kidney tissue or cells in cultures: Manual 18.6.15, 18.7.2, 26.23+; fetal or embryonic kidney tissue or cells in culture: do not use /embryol with KIDNEY; /blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /radionuclide: consider RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY, a   consider also terms at GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL 
See Also Diuresis; Nephrectomy; Renal Circulation
Examples Kidney Cortex; Kidney Medulla; Kidney Pelvis; Nephrons 		Other names Kidneys
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Green Sandford Davison syndrome  0   *Syndactyly Anal Canal/abnormalities Genitalia/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities.
Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Anus, Imperforate *Contracture *Goldenhar Syndrome Kidney/abnormalities Leg/abnormalities Sacrum/abnormalities.
Oculorenocerebellar syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Eye Abnormalities Cerebellum/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities.
Bixler Christian Gorlin syndrome  0   *Cleft Lip *Cleft Palate *Ear Deformities, Acquired *Heart Defects, Congenital *Microcephaly Kidney/abnormalities.
Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Growth Disorders *Hand Deformities, Congenital *Intellectual Disability *Craniofacial Abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities. Am J Med Genet. 1982;11(3):329-36
MURCS association  0   *Klippel-Feil Syndrome Kidney/abnormalities Mullerian Ducts/abnormalities Vagina/abnormalities.
Saito Kuba Tsuruta syndrome  0   *Congenital Abnormalities Fibula/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities Ulna/abnormalities.
Torticollis keloids cryptorchidism renal dysplasia  0   *Cryptorchidism *Keloid *Torticollis Kidney/abnormalities.
Thymic-Renal-Anal-Lung dysplasia  0   *Anus, Imperforate *Fetal Growth Retardation Kidney/abnormalities Lung/abnormalities Thymus Gland/abnormalities Ureter/abnormalities.
VACTERL hydrocephaly  0   *Heart Defects, Congenital *Hydrocephalus *Limb Deformities, Congenital Anal Canal/abnormalities Esophagus/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities Trachea/abnormalities.
VACTERL association with hydrocephaly, X-linked  0   *Hydrocephalus *Heart Defects, Congenital *Limb Deformities, Congenital *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked Anal Canal/abnormalities Esophagus/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities Trachea/abnormalities.
Thomas syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cleft Lip *Heart Defects, Congenital Kidney/abnormalities Palate/abnormalities.
VACTERL association  0   *Heart Defects, Congenital *Limb Deformities, Congenital Anal Canal/abnormalities Esophagus/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities Trachea/abnormalities.
Hereditary renal agenesis  0   *Congenital Abnormalities *Kidney Diseases/congenital Kidney/abnormalities.
Urogenital adysplasia  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple Kidney/abnormalities Uterus/abnormalities.
Faciocardiorenal syndrome  0   *Cleft Palate *Heart Defects, Congenital Kidney/abnormalities.
Aniridia renal agenesis psychomotor retardation  0   *Psychomotor Disorders *Aniridia Kidney/abnormalities.
Ellis Yale Winter syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Heart Defects, Congenital *Microcephaly Kidney/abnormalities Lung/abnormalities.
Rokitansky sequence  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Facial Asymmetry Genitalia, Female/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities.
Selig Benacerraf Greene syndrome  0   *Ectromelia *Kidney Diseases *Urethral Obstruction Urinary Bladder/abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities.
Holzgreve Wagner Rehder syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cleft Lip *Cleft Palate *Heart Defects, Congenital Kidney/abnormalities.
kidney-specific protein, rat  0   *Proteins Kidney. Kidney Int 1998 Nov;54(5):1444-54
renal G-protein coupled receptor, bovine  0   *Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled Kidney. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997 Sep 8;238(1):107-12
renotropins  0   *Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins Kidney. Med Clin North Am 59(3):771;1975; Nephron 16(4):323;1976; Urology 11(6):560;1978

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