title: [History of nephritis].
abstract: The nephritis is one of the common and detrimental diseases. This paper reviews the history of knowledge of nephritis, ancient and modern, and western and Chinese medicine, demonstrating that the continuous development of treatment of TCM and western medicine are all effective measures to combat nephritis.
authors.affiliation: Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100083.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhen
mesh_terms: D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D009393:Nephritis / Q000266:history*