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Descriptor English:   Kidney 
Descriptor Spanish:   Riñón 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Rim 
Synonyms English:   Kidneys  
Tree Number:   A05.810.453
Definition English:   Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. 
Indexing Annotation English:   /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
Consider also terms at English:   GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL 
Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:   Kidney/transplantation use Kidney Transplantation
 
See Related English:   Diuresis
Nephrectomy
Radioisotope Renography
Renal Circulation
 
History Note English:   /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply CH chemistry
CY cytology DG diagnostic imaging
DE drug effects EM embryology
EN enzymology GD growth & development
IM immunology IN injuries
IR innervation ME metabolism
MI microbiology PS parasitology
PA pathology PH physiology
PP physiopathology RE radiation effects
SE secretion SU surgery
UL ultrastructure VI virology
Record Number:   7840 
Unique Identifier:   D007668 

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