What is Nephritis?


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Nephritis is a braod term used to describe inflammation of the kidneys. Most often, what is meant by "nephritis" is glomerulonephritis, an inflammatory disorder of the glomeruli in the kidney. The spectrum of glomerulonephritides is broad and encompasses a large number of diverse disorders which have varied causes.

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Inflammation of the kidneys.
generally speaking - kidney inflammation

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/nephritis.jsp

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http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/lupusnephritis/index.htm

The web page above has links for all types of kidney diseases.
Something to do with your kidneys.
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Nephritis (nef-ri'-tis) [Greek. nephros, kidney; -itis, inflammation]. A term embracing a group of conditions in which there is either an inflammatory, or an inflammatory-like reaction, focal or diffuse, in the kidneys.
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