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MeSH Heading: Kidney
Tree Number(s): A05.810.453
Unique ID: D007668
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007668
Annotation: /blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /‌surg: consider NEPHRECTOMY; cyst = KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC or specifics; inflammation = NEPHRITIS; Goldblatt kidney = HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; nephrostomy: consider NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS
Scope Note: Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.
Entry Term(s): Kidneys
See Also: Diuresis; Nephrectomy; Radioisotope Renography; Renal Circulation
Consider Also: consider also terms at GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89
History Note: /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89
Entry Combination: transplantation:Kidney Transplantation
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05

Entry Combination: transplantation:Kidney Transplantation
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Kidney MeSH Descriptor Data 2024