Descriptor English: | Kidney |
Descriptor Spanish: | Riñón |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Rim |
Descriptor French: | Rein |
Entry term(s): |
Kidneys |
Tree number(s): |
A05.810.453 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007668 |
Scope note: | Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. |
Annotation: | /blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /surg: consider NEPHRECTOMY; cyst = KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC or specifics; inflammation = NEPHRITIS; Goldblatt kidney = HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; nephrostomy: consider NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CH chemistry CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology IN injuries IR innervation ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery UL ultrastructure VI virology |
Entry Combination: |
transplantation:Kidney Transplantation
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Public MeSH Note: | /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89 |
History Note: | /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89 |
Consider Also: | consider also terms at GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL |
Related: |
Diuresis
MeSH Nephrectomy MeSH Radioisotope Renography MeSH Renal Circulation MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 7840 |
Unique ID: | D007668 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2016/07/05 |
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Kidney
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0012006 |
Scope note | Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. |
Preferred term | Kidney |
Entry term(s) |
Kidneys |
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