Nephrolithiasis
calculi) is the Latin word for pebble.
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A physician specializing in treating diseases of the kidneys.
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The art and science of the care of the kidneys.
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A childhood kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys involving both the tubules and glomeruli, characteristically resulting in anemia, polyuria, polydipsia, isosthenuria (decreased ability to concentrate the urine), progressive renal failure and death in uremia. Hypertension and proteinuria are conspicuous by their absence. The chronic kidney failure affects growth and […]