Diseases

Hydronephrosis

Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.

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Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.

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  • Hydronephroses

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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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  1. C12.050.351.968w.419w.307w
  2. C12.200.777w.419w.307w
  3. C12.950w.419w.307w

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WJ 301.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hydronephrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006869. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006869
  2. Hydronephrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydronephrosis
  3. Hydronephrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730877