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INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS (TUBULO-INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS) |
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infections: |
acute bacterial pyelonephritis |
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chronic pyelonephritis (reflux nephropathy) |
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other: |
tuberculosis viruses parasites |
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drugs / toxins: |
acute hypersensitivity interstitial nephritis |
analgesic nephritis heavy metals: lead cadmium |
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metabolic disease: |
urate nephropathy hypercalcaemic nephropathy (nephrocalcinosis)hypokalaemic nephropathy oxalate nephropathy |
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physical factors: |
chronic urinary tract obstruction radiation nephritis |
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neoplasia: |
multiple myeloma |
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immunologic reactions: |
transplant rejection related to glomerulonephritis Sjogren's syndrome |
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miscellaneous: |
sarcoidosis vascular diseases Balkan nephropathy nephronophthisis-medullary cystic disease complex 'idiopathic interstitial nephritis' (commonest cause) |
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