Glomerulonephritis - acute

Alternative names
Acute nephritic syndrome; Acute glomerulonephritis; Nephritis syndrome - acute

Definition
Acute nephritic syndrome is a group of disorders that cause inflammation of the internal kidney structures (specifically, the glomeruli).

see Acute nephritic syndrome in Encyclopedia.

Johns Hopkins patient information

Last revised: December 3, 2012
by Levon Ter-Markosyan, D.M.D.

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