nephropathy
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They also suggest a possible link to IgA nephropathy, an autoimmune kidney disease.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Eoin was first diagnosed with IgA nephropathy when he was in his late teens.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2022
Another experimental drug is in testing to treat a condition affecting diabetics, called diabetic nephropathy, that is a leading cause of kidney failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2019
Shelley was born with reflux nephropathy, a condition in which the kidneys are damaged because urine backflows from the bladder into the kidneys.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2016
During the latter half of the twentieth century, Balkan endemic nephropathy perplexed epidemiologists in countries along the Danube until it was discovered that toxic aristolochic acid was contaminating wheat flour.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2014
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