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Kidney MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


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
Kidney Preferred
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