renal system disease

Introduction
Functional aspects
- Effects of abnormal renal function on body fluid
- Properties of body fluids
- Disorders of urine flow
Diseases and disorders of the kidney
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
- Glomerulonephritis
- Vascular disease
- Tumours
  - Carcinoma
  - Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ tumour)
  - Other tumours
Obstruction to the flow of urine
Substituting for renal function
- Transplantation
- Dialysis
Diseases and disorders of the urinary tract
- Obstruction
- Trauma
- Tumour
- Infection of urinary tract
Renal disorders in pregnancy

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renal system disease

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Douglas A.K. Black

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Victoria University of Manchester; Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1959–77. Editor of Renal Disease.

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renal system disease, any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human urinary system. They include benign and malignant tumours, infections and inflammations, and obstruction by calculi. Diseases can have an impact on the elimination of wastes and on the conservation of an appropriate amount and quality of body fluid. Many of the manifestations of renal disease can be accounted for in terms of disturbance of these two functions, and the alleviation of symptoms...

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