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kidney damage

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kidney damage
Kidney injury Nephrology A structural or functional compromise in renal function due to external–eg, athletic, occupational, or other trauma, resulting in bruising or hemorrhage, which can be profuse and life threatening Etiology Vascular disease–eg, arterial occlusion, renal vein thrombosis; toxins–eg, analgesic nephropathy, lead, solvents, fuels; waste products–eg, uric acid in gout; lysis of malignant cells in chemotherapy; immune response to medications, infection; glomerulonephritis or acute tubular necrosis. See Acute renal failure, Chronic renal failure.


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