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Noun

nephrosclerosis - kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure

nephroangiosclerosis

kidney disease, nephropathy, renal disorder, nephrosis - a disease affecting the kidneys

Translations

nefroskleroosi

neph·ro·scle·ro·sis

n. nefroesclerosis, endurecimiento del sistema arterial y del tejido intersticial del riñón.

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The causes of kidney disease were divided into hypertensive nephropathy, chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN), autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPCKD), diabetic kidney disease, HIV-associated nephropathy and miscellaneous.

Hypertension in pregnancy: A future risk for chronic kidney disease in South Africa

"Hypertensive nephropathy or kidney disease is caused due to damage to the fine blood vessels and filters present within the kidney which unable the kidneys to excrete the toxic substances," he added.

World Hypertension Day: Everything you need to know about high blood pressure

Arterial vasculature distortion showed significant correlation with persistently higher than normal blood pressure termed pre-hypertension.3 Results of the Trial Of Preventing Hypertension (TROPHY) proved that pharmacological intervention with antihypertensive drugs that brought blood pressure (BP) below 120/80 mmHg had greatly helped in delaying the development of hypertension and its complications such as hypertensive nephropathy compared to the group receiving placebo over a four-year duration.4

Comparison of serum levels of Cystatin-C and traditional renal biomarkers for the early detection of pre-hypertensive nephropathy

While CVA and hypertensive nephropathy were assessed in the present study in almost all patients with severe HPT, LVH was only assessed in 42% of patients, and even fewer were assessed for hypertensive retinopathy (17%), as shown in Fig.

Severe hypertension in children at a central referral hospital in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

The common etiologies of CKD in this study were hypertensive nephropathy, followed by diabetic/hypertensive nephropathy, chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and others.

HYPERURICEMIA IN PRE-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS. A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Hypertensive nephropathy manifests as proteinuria which, in turn, results in increased risk of cardiovascular complications and further impairment of renal function.

A randomized open-label study to compare the effects of amlodipine and cilnidipine on heart rate and proteinuria in subjects with hypertension with proteinuria

The biopsy suggested malignant hypertensive nephropathy as the underlying cause of the acute kidney injury.

Malignant Hypertension Causing a Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

Clinical significance of urine micro-protein in diagnosis of early hypertensive nephropathy. Chin J Microcircul.

Combined Detection of Urinary Micro Albumin, [alpha]1-microglobulin and N-acetyl-[beta]-D-glucosaminidase in the Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy

our study shows that in hypertensive nephropathy, daily sodium bicarbonate is an effective kidney protective adjunct to blood pressure control..." (9)

Sodium bicarbonate as a therapy for chronic kidney disease: a review of the scientific evidence

Chronic hypertension leads to hypertensive nephropathy, a common cause of kidney disease.

Study of urinary protein and leucocytes in normotensive and hypertensive children and adults

The 39-year-old Joseph was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease secondary to hypertensive nephropathy in 2014.