Glomerulonephrosis: Information from Answers.com

Glomerulonephrosis refers to a non-inflammatory disease of the kidney (nephrosis) presenting primarily in the glomerulus (a glomerulopathy.)

It can be contrasted to glomerulonephritis, which implies inflammation.

It can be caused by diethylnitrosamine.^[1]

References

Abdominal

Primarily
nephrotic

Non-proliferative	.0 Minimal change · .1 Focal segmental · .2 Membranous

Proliferative	.3 Mesangial proliferative · .4 Endocapillary proliferative .5/.6 Membranoproliferative/mesangiocapillary

By condition	Diabetic · Amyloidosis

Primarily
nephritic,
.7 RPG

Type I RPG/Type II hypersensitivity	Goodpasture's syndrome

Type II RPG/Type III hypersensitivity	Post-streptococcal · Lupus (DPN) · IgA/Berger's

Type III RPG/Pauci-immune	Wegener's granulomatosis · Microscopic polyangiitis

Any/all

General syndromes	Renal failure (Acute renal failure, Chronic renal failure) · Uremic pericarditis · Uremia

Vascular	Renal artery stenosis · Hypertensive nephropathy · Renovascular hypertension

Other	Analgesic nephropathy · Renal osteodystrophy · Nephroptosis · Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome

Pelvic

Bladder	Cystitis (Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, Hunner's ulcer, Trigonitis, Hemorrhagic cystitis) · Neurogenic bladder · Vesicointestinal fistula · Vesicoureteral reflux

Urethra	Urethritis (Non-gonococcal urethritis) · Urethral syndrome · Urethral stricture

Any/all

See also congenital, neoplasia, symptoms/signs

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