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MeSH Heading: Diabetic Nephropathies
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.192; C12.200.777.419.192; C12.950.419.192; C19.246.099.875
Unique ID: D003928
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003928
Annotation: coordinate with specific kidney disease; do not confuse with DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEPHROGENIC, a form of diabetes insipidus
Scope Note: KIDNEY injuries associated with diabetes mellitus and affecting KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; ARTERIOLES; KIDNEY TUBULES; and the interstitium. Clinical signs include persistent PROTEINURIA, from microalbuminuria progressing to ALBUMINURIA of greater than 300 mg/24 h, leading to reduced GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
Entry Term(s): Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic Kidney Disease; Diabetic Nephropathy; Glomerulosclerosis, Diabetic; Intracapillary Glomerulosclerosis; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Disease; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Syndrome; Nodular Glomerulosclerosis
NLM Classification #: WK 835
Public MeSH Note: 65; KIMMELSTIEL-WILSON SYNDROME was heading 1963-76
Online Note: use DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES to search KIMMELSTIEL-WILSON SYNDROME 1966-76
History Note: 65(64); KIMMELSTIEL-WILSON SYNDROME was heading 1963-76
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Urogenital Diseases [C12]
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C12.050]
  - Female Urogenital Diseases [C12.050.351]
    - Urologic Diseases [C12.050.351.968]
      - Kidney Diseases [C12.050.351.968.419]
        
        AIDS-Associated Nephropathy [C12.050.351.968.419.050]
        
        Anuria [C12.050.351.968.419.078]
        
        Diabetes Insipidus [C12.050.351.968.419.135]
        
        Diabetic Nephropathies [C12.050.351.968.419.192]
        
        Hepatorenal Syndrome [C12.050.351.968.419.291]
        
        Hydronephrosis [C12.050.351.968.419.307]
        
        Hyperoxaluria [C12.050.351.968.419.313]
        
        Hypertension, Renal [C12.050.351.968.419.331]
        
        Kidney Cortex Necrosis [C12.050.351.968.419.393]
        
        Kidney Diseases, Cystic [C12.050.351.968.419.403]
        
        Kidney Neoplasms [C12.050.351.968.419.473]
        
        Kidney Papillary Necrosis [C12.050.351.968.419.493]
        
        Nephritis [C12.050.351.968.419.570]
        
        Nephrocalcinosis [C12.050.351.968.419.590]
        
        Nephrolithiasis [C12.050.351.968.419.600]
        
        Nephrosclerosis [C12.050.351.968.419.610]
        
        Nephrosis [C12.050.351.968.419.630]
        
        Perinephritis [C12.050.351.968.419.685]
        
        Renal Artery Obstruction [C12.050.351.968.419.775]
        
        Renal Insufficiency [C12.050.351.968.419.780]
        
        Renal Nutcracker Syndrome [C12.050.351.968.419.787]
        
        Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder [C12.050.351.968.419.795]
        
        Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors [C12.050.351.968.419.815]
        
        Tuberculosis, Renal [C12.050.351.968.419.912]
        
        Uremia [C12.050.351.968.419.936]
        
        Zellweger Syndrome [C12.050.351.968.419.978]

Urogenital Diseases [C12]
- Male Urogenital Diseases [C12.200]
  - Urologic Diseases [C12.200.777]
    - Kidney Diseases [C12.200.777.419]

Urogenital Diseases [C12]
- Urologic Diseases [C12.950]
  - Kidney Diseases [C12.950.419]

Endocrine System Diseases [C19]
- Diabetes Mellitus [C19.246]
  - Diabetes Complications [C19.246.099]

Diabetic Nephropathies Preferred

Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis Narrower

Intracapillary Glomerulosclerosis Related

Concept UI: M000655653
Terms: Intracapillary Glomerulosclerosis Preferred Term
Term UI T577500
Date03/17/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Kimmelstiel-Wilson Disease
Term UI T577501
Date03/17/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Nodular Glomerulosclerosis
Term UI T577502
Date03/17/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Kimmelstiel-Wilson Syndrome
Term UI T577503
Date03/17/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Diabetic Nephropathies MeSH Descriptor Data 2025