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Kidney Pain In Diabetics
Injury to the kidney and ureter is damage to these organs of the upper urinary tract.
Alternative Names
Kidney damage; Toxic injury of the kidney; Kidney injury; Traumatic injury of the kidney; Fractured kidney; Inflammatory injury of the kidney; Bruised kidney; Ureteral injury
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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