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Increased blood pressure in adult offspring of families with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: a prospective study

BMC Nephrology, 2006
Background Previous studies have linked smaller kidney dimensions to increased blood pressure. However, patients with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN), whose kidneys shrink during the course of the disease, do not manifest increased blood pressure.
Georgieva Rossitza B, Bonev Angel G, Tsolova Svetlana D, Simeonov Valeri A, Dimitrov Plamen S, Karmaus Wilfried J   +5 more
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Does ochratoxin A (OTA) cause testicular cancer in humans?

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2011
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a naturally occurring contaminant of cereals, pigmeat, and other foods and is a known genotoxic in animals. It is a nephrotoxin and a carcinogen associated with Balkan endemic nephropathy and urinary tract tumours.
Jayachandra SRINIVASA
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Etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: An Update on Aristolochic Acids Exposure Mechanisms

, 2018
Aristolochic acid released from decaying Aristolochia clematitis weed is contaminating soil and food crops in Eastern Europe and is one of the major causes to Balkan endemic nephropathy.
Pavlović, Nikola M., Chi-Kong Chan, Yushuo Liu, Nikola M. Pavlović, Wan Chan, Liu, Yushuo, Chan, Chi Kong, Chan, Wan   +7 more
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Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis for diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus and is associated with considerable morbidity and high mortality.
Bell Christopher G, Savage, DA, Savage, David A., Savage, D.A., Bell, CG, Beck, Stephan, Stephan Beck, Maxwell, Alexander P.; id_orcid, Maxwell, Alexander P., Maxwell, A.P., Teschendorff, AE, Beck Stephan, Rakyan, VK, Rakyan, V.K., David A Savage, Teschendorff, Andrew E., Christopher G Bell, Andrew E Teschendorff, Maxwell Alexander P, Alexander P Maxwell, Bell, Christopher G., Rakyan, Vardhman K., Savage David A, Beck, S, Rakyan Vardhman K, Bell, C.G., Beck, S., Maxwell, AP, Teschendorff, A.E., Vardhman K Rakyan, Teschendorff Andrew E   +30 more
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Geographic distribution and risk of upper urothelial carcinomas in Croatia, 2001–2011

BMC Cancer, 2019
Background Strong associations exist between Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) and upper urothelial carcinomas (UUCs). However, the common etiology between the two remains unclear and there are no studies to date that visualize UUC risks in Croatia.
Danira Medunjanin, Zdenko Sonicki, John E. Vena, Ante Cvitkovic, Sara Wagner Robb   +4 more
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Development of ion trap HPLC-MS detection methods for the determination of prevalent mycotoxins in grain and application to real samples [PDF]

, 2007
The prevalent trichothecenes deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and HT-2 as well as zearalenone, zearalenol, ochratoxin A and citrinin are typical widespread mycotoxins in temperate climate zones mainly produced by the genus Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium.
Griesshaber, Dorrit Suenja
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Diagnostic criteria for Balkan endemic nephropathy: proposal by an international panel.

, 2007
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a familial chronic tubulointerstitial disease with insidious onset and slow progression to terminal renal failure. Diagnostic criteria for BEN have been described more than 40 years ago.
Bukvic, Dana, Stefanovic, Vladisav, Nikolic, Jovan, Jelakovic, Bojan, Gluhovschi, Gheorge, Lukic, Ljiljana, Cosyns, Jean-Pierre, Toncheva, Draga, Cukuranovic, Rade, Polenakovic, Momir   +9 more
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Rat Renal Tumours Caused by Ochratoxin A

Toxins, 2017
Experimental renal cancer caused by ochratoxin A (OTA) in rats was first defined in the US National Toxicology Program (1989) and raised questions about any aetiological role in human urinary tract tumours.
Diana Herman, Peter Mantle
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Characteristics of Upper Urothelial Carcinoma in an Area of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy in South Serbia. A fifty-year Retrospective Study

, 2010
Aims and background Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma, a relatively rare tumor, is up to 100 times more frequent in regions with Balkan endemic nephropathy.
Milan Potic, Vladisav Stefanovic, Rade Cukuranovic, Branislav Petrovic, Milan Visnjic, Ivan Ignjatovic, Ljubinka Jankovic Velickovic   +6 more
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Endemic nephropathy [PDF]

, 1974
Autori iznose podatke o rezultatima dosadašnjih ispitivanja endemske nefropatije („nefropatije balkanskih zemalja“) jugoslavenskih, bugarskih, rumunjskih i drugih istraživača.
Čeović, S., Hrabar, A., Radonić, M.
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