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nephritis
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nephritis

General term used to describe inflammation of the kidney. The degree of illness varies, and it may be acute (often following a recent streptococcal infection), or chronic, requiring a range of treatments from antibiotics to dialysis or transplant.



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8) Taken together, this suggests that dRTA associated with a positive anti-Ro antibody, typical chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis and the exclusion of other autoimmune disorders may be the forme fruste of primary Sjogren syndrome, even without subjective sicca syndrome.
By light microscopy (Figure 1, original magnification x100), the biopsy showed tubulointerstitial nephritis with a predominantly lymphocytic infiltrate.
Abstract: The authors present the case of a 17-year-old shepherd who was diagnosed with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis and diffuse tubulointerstitial nephritis during the course of Brucella infection.
 
 
 
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