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n. - A disease affecting the kidneys; A syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol.

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  • The last complication was responsible for the death of the patient, since ascending infection from the bladder led to the development of pyo-nephrosis and death from...
  • (No. 201) both kidneys were implicated by symmetrical wounds of the loin, and in the case of the right organ a transverse rupture was produced, which was followed by the...
  • Todd Kester suffered from nephrosis, a kidney disease, when he was younger, and at the age of
  • Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) products have been reported to be associated with renal dysfunction, acute renal failure, osmotic nephrosis and death.
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