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
These ailments include myocarditis, neuromyelitis optica, primary membranous nephropathy and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2021
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
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