Converse of object

• cause: For example, there is evidence that subsets of anti-DNA antibodies cause lupus nephritis.

• have: On the other hand it is possible that many patients identified as having hypertensive renal disease actually have indolent nephritis.

• develop: The other 2, who presented 10 days after consumption of the mushrooms, developed severe interstitial nephritis and did not recover renal function.

Adjective modifier

• crescentic: Large kidneys may indicate an acute or crescentic nephritis that may require urgent treatment.

• interstitial: Cases of interstitial nephritis have been reported which have sometimes resulted in renal failure.

• acute: Renal and Urinary Disorders Very rare: Acute interstitial nephritis.

• chronic: He died in Sydney of chronic nephritis on 23 January 1930 leaving an estate valued for probate at £ 14 644.

• hereditary: Their research will include other breeds as well, but they are only investigating hereditary nephritis.

• mesangial: My kidney biopsy showed mesangial nephritis and it responded well to steroids.

Modifies a noun

• patient: A proportion of Lupus nephritis patients in endstage renal failure still require immunosuppression.

Noun used with modifier

• lupus: Mild cases of lupus nephritis can often simply be observed without any specific treatment; in such cases a biopsy is unnecessary.

• interstitial: Up to top Chronic interstitial nephritis Chronic means something that continues without going away.