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Descriptor English:   Kidney 
Descriptor Spanish:   Riñón 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Rim 
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:   kidney tissue or cells in cultures: Manual 18.6.15, 18.7.2, 26.23+; fetal or embryonic kidney tissue or cells in culture: do not use /embryol with KIDNEY; /blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /radionuclide: consider RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY, a specific kidney function test (see note there); /surg: consider NEPHRECTOMY; cyst = KIDNEY, CYSTIC but KIDNEY, POLYCYSTIC is also available; 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
Renal Circulation
 
History Note English:   /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
abnormalities anatomy & histology
blood supply chemistry
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development immunology
injuries innervation
metabolism microbiology
pathology physiology
physiopathology parasitology
radiography radiation effects
radionuclide imaging secretion
surgery ultrastructure
ultrasonography virology
Record Number:   7840 
Unique Identifier:   D007668 

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