Origin The term nephrology was proposed as the French word nephrologie by Jean Hamburger in 1953 and came into English use by about 1960; before that the field was generally called kidney medicine.
Nephrology is a subspecialty of internal medicine and pediatric medicine concerned with the study of the kidneys, from normal kidney physiology through the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease. Nephrologists manage conditions including electrolyte disturbances, hypertension and kidney failure, and care for patients requiring renal replacement therapy such as dialysis or kidney transplantation, as well as systemic diseases such as diabetes and autoimmune disorders that affect the kidneys. The term nephrology dates only to about 1960, adapted from the French nephrologie proposed by physician Jean Hamburger in 1953; the first dedicated nephrology society, the Societe de Pathologie Renale, held its first meeting in Paris in February 1949 with Hamburger as its president.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe term nephrology was proposed as the French word nephrologie by Jean Hamburger in 1953 and came into English use by about 1960; before that the field was generally called kidney medicine. 2 Age GroupSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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Nephrology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Notable Specialists
Source Anil Kumar Bhalla (Wikipedia)
Source Donald Duffy (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (Wikipedia)
Source Georg Haas (physician) (source article)
Source Jaime Mañalich (source article)
Source Lorenzo Bellini (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. Nephrology (Wikipedia)
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Nephrology also studies systemic conditions that affect the kidneys, such as diabetes and autoimmune disease; and systemic diseases that occur as a result of kidney disease, such as renal osteodystrophy and hypertension.
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The term "nephrology" was first used in about 1960, according to the French néphrologie proposed by Jean Hamburger in 1953
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Nephrology (from Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós), meaning "kidney", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "study") is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy (dialysis and kidney transplantation).
View the Source Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (Wikipedia)
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He published the first German textbook of nephrology
Georg Haas (physician) (source article)
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Haas performed the first human hemodialysis treatment.
Jaime Mañalich (source article)
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is a Chilean physician (nephrologist)
Anil Kumar Bhalla (Wikipedia)
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co-chairman, Department of Nephrology
Donald Duffy (Wikipedia)
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He worked as a MacKeddie Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute for four years, where his work was concerned hypertension and renal disease.
Lorenzo Bellini (Wikipedia)
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he had already begun his researches on the structure of the kidneys and had described the papillary ducts
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