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Salt losing nephritis is a feature of :

A
Interstitial nephritis
B
Renal Amyloidosis
C
Lupus nephritis
D
Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
High-Yield Explanation
Answer is A (Interstitial Nephritis) In interstitial nephritis there occurs damage to distal tubules, which results in impaired sodium reabsorption and hence the so called 'salt wasting'. Tubulointerstitial nephritis? This is a group of renal disease characterized by predominant involvement of the tubules and interstitium which leads to defect in the ability of the kidney to concentrate urine.

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