nephroangiosclerosis

English

Etymology

nephro- +‎ angiosclerosis

Noun

nephroangiosclerosis (plural nephroangioscleroses)

1. (pathology) sclerosis of the renal arterioles
   • 2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).