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Nephrotic Syndrome

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Definition: A condition characterized by severe PROTEINURIA, greater than 3.5 g/day in an average adult. The substantial loss of protein in the urine results in complications such as HYPOPROTEINEMIA; generalized EDEMA; HYPERTENSION; and HYPERLIPIDEMIAS. Diseases associated with nephrotic syndrome generally cause chronic kidney dysfunction.      Other names Syndromes, Nephrotic; Syndrome, Nephrotic; Nephrotic Syndromes
 
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Mesangial sclerosis, diffuse  0   *Nephrotic Syndrome *Sclerosis.
Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia  0   *Arteriosclerosis *Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes *Nephrotic Syndrome *Osteochondrodysplasias *Pulmonary Embolism.
Nephrotic syndrome, idiopathic, steroid-resistant  0   *Nephrotic Syndrome/congenital.
Nephrotic syndrome ocular anomalies  0   *Eye Abnormalities *Nephrotic Syndrome/congenital.
Nephropathic cystinosis  0   *Cystinosis *Nephrotic Syndrome.
Feigenbaum Bergeron Richardson syndrome  0   *Arteriosclerosis *Diabetes Mellitus *Epilepsies, Myoclonic *Hearing Loss, Bilateral *Myoclonus *Nephrotic Syndrome *Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Hutterite cerebroosteonephrodysplasia syndrome  0   *Growth Disorders *Nephrotic Syndrome Bone and Bones/abnormalities Brain/abnormalities.
Congenital nephrotic syndrome, Finnish type  0   *Nephrotic Syndrome.

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