LP32905-9
Nephrology
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Descriptions
Nephrology is the branch of internal medicine dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney. The word nephrology is derived from the Greek word nephros, which means kidney, and the suffix -ology, or study of. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Nephrology (Wikipedia)
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the kidney. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Nephrology
- Part Display Name
- Nephrology
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2003-11-10
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Nephrology
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | nefrologie |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Nefrologia |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Néphrologie |
| de-AT | German (Austria) | Nephrologie |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 肾病学 Synonyms: 肾脏病学; |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Νεφρολογία Synonyms: Νεφρολογία |
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