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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dialysis

In medicine, renal dialysis is a method for removing waste such as urea from the blood when the kidneys are incapable of this (i.e. in renal failure). In acute renal failure, (renal) dialysis is generally ...  > full story

Excretory system

The excretory system is the system of an organism's body that performs the function of excretion, the bodily process of discharging wastes. The Excretory system is responsible for the elimination of wastes ...  > full story

Kidney transplantation

Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney in a patient with end-stage renal failure. ...  > full story

Nephritis

Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. The two most common causes of nephritis are infection or an auto-immune process. Nephritis has the effect of damaging and closing up the microscopic filters in the ...  > full story
 

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