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A group of inherited conditions characterized initially by HEMATURIA and slowly progressing to RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. The most common form is the Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis with HEARING LOSS) which is caused by mutations in genes for TYPE IV COLLAGEN and defective GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE.
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- Hereditary Interstitial Pyelonephritis
- Nephritis, Familial
- Nephritis, Hereditary
- Familial Nephritis
- Pyelonephritis, Hereditary Interstitial
- Alport Syndrome
- Alport Syndrome, Autosomal Dominant
- Alport Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive
- Alport Syndrome, X-Linked
- Alport's Syndrome
- Congenital Hereditary Hematuria
- Hematuria-Nephropathy-Deafness Syndrome
- Hematuric Hereditary Nephritis
- Hemorrhagic Familial Nephritis
- Hemorrhagic Hereditary Nephritis
- Hereditary Familial Congenital Hemorrhagic Nephritis
- Hereditary Hematuria Syndrome
- Alport Syndrome, X Linked
- Hematuria Nephropathy Deafness Syndrome
- Hematuria, Congenital Hereditary
- Nephritis, Hematuric Hereditary
- Nephritis, Hemorrhagic Familial
- Nephritis, Hemorrhagic Hereditary
- Syndrome, Alport
- Syndrome, Hematuria-Nephropathy-Deafness
- X-Linked Alport Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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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77; was ALPORT'S SYNDROME 1964-76 (Prov 1964-69)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hereditary Nephritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009394. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009394
- Hereditary Nephritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alport_syndrome
- Hereditary Nephritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1331116