Giovan Battista Morgagni, a Pioneer of Clinical Nephrology

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In the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Morgagni was the first to propose that specific signs and symptoms are linked to particular anatomical changes at autopsy and that these changes were the cause of the disease. This paper describes the report by Morgagni wherein he linked the anatomic findings at autopsy, specifically atrophied kidneys, with the signs and symptoms of a disease now known as uremia. From these findings, Morgagni felt that he had identified the factors responsible for the disease as well as its clinical course.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): AJN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Am J Nephrol

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0250-8095

Title: American Journal of Nephrology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-6855-5

ISBN: 978-3-318-00128-0

ISSN (Print): 0250-8095

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9670

Publication date Subscription-year: 1999

Publication date (Print): April 1999

Publication date (Electronic): 23 April 1999

Volume: 19

Issue: 2

Pages: 222-225

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Institute of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy

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Publisher ID: 13454 Other ID: Am J Nephrol 1999;19:222–225

DOI: 10.1159/000013454

PubMed ID: 10213822

SO-VID: c696adda-2561-4595-88d1-dd3812448d9b

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