Bright disease

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Also Known As	glomerulonephritis • nephritis • Bright’s disease

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human kidney; nephron

nephron of the kidney

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acute glomerulonephritis subacute glomerulonephritis glomerulus kidney nephron human disease tuberculosis nutritional disease AIDS malaria diabetes mellitus Alzheimer disease influenza breast cancer congenital disorder colorectal cancer

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Fernand-Isidore Widal

French physician and bacteriologist

Richard Bright, engraving by H. Cook after a portrait by F.R. Say

Richard Bright

British physician

A Yorkshire terrier dressed up as a veterinarian or doctor on a white background. (dogs)

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