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Clinical NephrotoxinsRenal Injury from Drugs and Chemicals, 2008 Balkan (or endemic) nephropathy is a chronic tubulointerstitial disease of unknown, presumably exotoxic etiology. It has been shown to exist only in some parts of the southeastern Europe. While there have been many meetings and papers [1, 2] concerning both cause and treatment of Balkan nephropathy, sociopolitical turmoil, including wars, and ...
DjukanoviĆ L, RadovanoviĆ Z.
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Molecular Characterization of Microrna Interference and Aristolochic Acid Intoxication Found in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma in Patients with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature [PDF]
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics, 2022 The term “aristolochic acid nephropathy” (AAN) is used to include any form of toxic interstitial nephropathy that is caused either by ingestion of plants containing aristolochic acids (AA) or by the environmental contaminants in food such as in Balkan ...
Bašić D +3 more
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Unusual Urothelial Tumors and Refractory Uremia Due to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case ReportsBalkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a rare progressive chronic renal disease found in residents living along the Balkan peninsula. We present a 92-year-old female who complained initially of cardio-respiratory symptoms and was found to have an acute ...
Gevorg Arabyan BS +5 more
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Nature of the Virus Associated with Endemic Balkan Nephropathy [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Cristina Riquelme +6 more
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Expression of Basal Compartment and Superficial Markers in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Associated with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, a Worldwide Disease [PDF]
BiomedicinesThe aim of this study was to determine the association of basal compartment and superficial markers, comprising CK5/6, CD44, CK20, and the pathological characteristics of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) associated with Balkan endemic nephropathy (
Ljubinka Jankovic Velickovic +5 more
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Molecules, 2023 Aristolochic acids (AAs) are a toxic substance present in certain natural plants. Direct human exposure to these plants containing AAs leads to a severe and irreversible condition known as aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN).
Changhong Wang +5 more
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Programmed cell death in sepsis in Balkan nephropathy [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013 nema
Savin Marina
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Investigation of Balkan endemic nephropathy in Serbia: How to proceed? [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2010 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) presents an unsolved puzzle despite fifty years of its investigation. Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Society organized a round table discussion on current unsolved problems related to BEN.
Đukanović Ljubica +14 more
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