potassium-losing nephritis
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potassium-losing nephropathy — hypokalemic nephropathy after persistent potassium loss; it may be seen in metabolic alkalosis, adrenocortical hormone excess, or in intrinsic renal disease such as renal tubular acidosis or juxtaglomerular cell hyperplasia. Called also potassium … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Distal renal tubular acidosis — Classification and external resources OMIM 179800 MeSH D000141 … Wikipedia
Renal tubular acidosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Significant bilateral nephrocalcinosis (calcification of the kidneys) on a frontal X ray (radiopacities (white) in the right upper and left upper quadrant of the image), as seen in distal renal tubular… … Wikipedia
hypokalemic nephropathy — nephropathy with hypokalemia, interstitial nephritis, swelling and vacuolation of proximal renal tubules, and progressive renal failure, resulting from long term conditions such as oncotic overloading of the kidney filtration mechanisms by sugars … Medical dictionary
