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Kidney Failure, Chronic
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D007676 |
[The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.
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Kidney Function Tests
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D007677 |
[Laboratory tests used to evaluate how well the kidneys are working through examination of blood and urine.
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Kidney Glomerulus
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D007678 |
[A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.
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Kidney Medulla
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D007679 |
[The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose bases are adjacent to the cortex and whose apices form prominent papillae projecting into the lumen of the minor calyces.
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Kidney Neoplasms
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D007680 |
[Tumors or cancers of the KIDNEY.
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Kidney Papillary Necrosis
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D007681 |
[A complication of kidney diseases characterized by cell death involving KIDNEY PAPILLA in the KIDNEY MEDULLA. Damages to this area may hinder the kidney to concentrate urine resulting in POLYURIA. Sloughed off necrotic tissue may block KIDNEY PELVIS or URETER. Necrosis of multiple renal papillae can lead to KIDNEY FAILURE.
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Kidney Pelvis
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D007682 |
[The flattened, funnel-shaped expansion connecting the URETER to the KIDNEY CALICES.
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Kidney Transplantation
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D016030 |
[The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another.
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Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute
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D007683 |
[Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of EPITHELIAL CELLS of the KIDNEY TUBULES. It is commonly attributed to exposure to toxic agents or renal ISCHEMIA following severe TRAUMA.
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Kidney Tubules
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D007684 |
[Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS and process this filtrate into URINE. Each renal tubule consists of a BOWMAN CAPSULE; PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE; LOOP OF HENLE; DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULE; and KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCT leading to the central cavity of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS) that connects to the URETER.
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Kidney Tubules, Collecting
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D007685 |
[Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved ends of the distal convoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of each pyramid converge to join a central tube (duct of Bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla.
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Kidney Tubules, Distal
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D007686 |
[The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP OF HENLE. It reenters the KIDNEY CORTEX and forms the convoluted segments of the distal tubule.
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Kidney Tubules, Proximal
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D007687 |
[The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE.
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Kidneys, Artificial
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D007688 |
[Devices which can substitute for normally functioning KIDNEYS in removing components from the blood by DIALYSIS that are normally eliminated in the URINE.
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Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
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D015979 |
[Cytolytic lymphocytes with the unique capacity of killing natural killer (NK)-resistant fresh tumor cells. They are INTERLEUKIN-2-activated NK cells that have no MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX restriction or need for antigen stimulation. LAK cells are used for ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY in cancer patients.
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Killer Cells, Natural
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D007694 |
[Bone marrow-derived lymphocytes that possess cytotoxic properties, classically directed against transformed and virus-infected cells. Unlike T CELLS; and B CELLS; NK CELLS are not antigen specific. The cytotoxicity of natural killer cells is determined by the collective signaling of an array of inhibitory and stimulatory CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS. A subset of T-LYMPHOCYTES referred to as NATURAL KILLER T CELLS shares some of the properties of this cell type.
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Killer Factors, Yeast
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D055646 |
[Protein factors released from one species of YEAST that are selectively toxic to another species of yeast.
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Killifishes
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D007695 |
[A genus in the family Cyprinodontidae.
, Small oviparous fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, usually striped or barred black. They are much used in mosquito control.
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Kimura Disease
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D000082242 |
[A chronic flammatory disease characterized by benign enlargement of cervical LYMPH NODE and SALIVARY GLANDS with increased levels of IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. Unlike ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA it involves eosinophil infiltrates in lymph node and salivary glands and mostly found in Asian males.
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Kinanthropometry
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D000070496 |
[A measure of human size, shape, proportion, composition, maturation, and gross function; in relation to body movement, physical exercise, fitness, and performance.
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