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'''Bright's disease''' is an [[History|historical]] [[Scientific classification|classification]] of [[kidney]] [[disease]] that are now called [[Acute (medicine)|acute]] or [[chronic]] [[nephritis]]. The main [[symptom]] is the presence of serum albumin ([[blood plasma]] protein) in the [[urine]], and frequently accompanied by [[oedema]] and [[hypertension]].
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| image = Richard Bright, "Reports of medical cases" Wellcome L0013468.jpg
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| caption = Diseased kidney from Richard Bright's ''Reports of Medical Cases'' Longman, London (1827–1831); Wellcome Library, London
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'''Bright's disease''' is a [[History|historical]] [[Scientific classification|classification]] of [[kidney]] [[diseases]] that are now called [[Acute (medicine)|acute]] or [[chronic]] [[nephritis]]. The main [[symptom]] is the presence of serum albumin ([[blood plasma]] protein) in the [[urine]], and frequently accompanied by [[oedema]] and [[hypertension]].
The term is no longer used, as the diseases is now classified by its better known causes.<ref name="pmid4562073">{{cite journal |author=Cameron JS |title=Bright's disease today: the pathogenesis and treatment of glomerulonephritis--I |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=4 |issue=5832 |pages=87–90 contd |date=October 1972 |pmid=4562073 |pmc=1786202 |doi= 10.1136/bmj.4.5832.87|url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid4263317">{{cite journal |author=Cameron JS |title=Bright's disease today: the pathogenesis and treatment of glomerulonephritis. II |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=4 |issue=5833 |pages=160–3 contd |date=October 1972 |pmid=4263317 |pmc=1786377 |doi= 10.1136/bmj.4.5833.160|url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid4563134">{{cite journal |author=Cameron JS |title=Bright's disease today: the pathogenesis and treatment of glomerulonephritis. 3 |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=4 |issue=5834 |pages=217–20 |date=October 1972 |pmid=4563134 |pmc=1786525 |doi= 10.1136/bmj.4.5834.217|url=}}</ref>
The term is no longer used, as the disease is now classified by its better known causes.<ref name="pmid4562073">{{cite journal |author=Cameron JS |title=Bright's disease today: the pathogenesis and treatment of glomerulonephritis--I |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=4 |issue=5832 |pages=87–90 contd |date=1972 |pmid=4562073 |pmc=1786202 |doi= 10.1136/bmj.4.5832.87|url=}}</ref>
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