Azotemia
"Azotemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A biochemical abnormality referring to an elevation of BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and CREATININE. Azotemia can be produced by KIDNEY DISEASES or other extrarenal disorders. When azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs, it is termed UREMIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D053099
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.936.231 C13.351.968.419.936.231 C23.550.145
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