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A biochemical abnormality referring to an elevation of BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and CREATININE. Azotemia can be produced by KIDNEY DISEASES or other extrarenal disorders. When azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs, it is termed UREMIA.
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- Azotaemia
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2007; use UREMIA 1975-2006
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- Uremia (1965-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Azotemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053099. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053099
- Azotemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azotemia
- Azotemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q794072