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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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MYCOTOXICOSIS 2-OCHRATOXIN A التسمم الفطري 2- الأوکراتوکسيـن [PDF]

Assiut University Bulletin for Environmental Researches, 2004
:                 Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites synthesized by fungi when moisture and temperature are suitable. The mycotoxins of concern are aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, zearalenone deoxynivalenol and T-2 toxin ...
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Clinical features and diagnostic possibilities of endemic (Balkan( nephropathy

, 1988
U radu se na sažet način iznose znanja o kliničkim manifestacijama endemske (balkanske) nefropatije, te o mogućnostima dijagnosticiranja ranih i latentnih faza bolesti.
Stavljenić, Ana, Ana Stavljenić, Čvoriščec, Dubravka, Dubravka Čvoriščec, Milovan Radonić, Radonić, Milovan   +5 more
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Occurrence and Environmental Stability of Aristolochic Acids in Groundwater Collected from Serbia: Links to Human Exposure and Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

, 2019
Aristolochic acids (AAs) have been known as potent nephrotoxins since the use of AA-containing herbal medicines was linked with a series of sporadic renal fibrotic nephropathy cases, and yet an estimated 100 million people worldwide are still at risk ...
Wan Chan (1376217), Chi-Kong Chan, Ka-Ki Tung (8281338), Nikola M. Pavlović (2873675), Yao Zhao, Kwan-Kit Jason Chan, Yao Zhao (317881), Chi-Kong Chan (2873678), Guorui Liu, Nikola M. Pavlović, Wan Chan, Kwan-Kit Jason Chan (8281341), Ka-Ki Tung, Guorui Liu (693033)   +13 more
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Trend of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy in Bosnia From 2003 Through 2005

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2007
The aim of this study is to evaluate epidemiological status of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Bosnia from 2003 through 2005.
Goran Imamović, Enver Zerem, Safet Omerović   +2 more
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Rat Kidney Cancers Determined by Dietary Ochratoxin A in the First Year of Life

Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL, 2016
An experiment to explore renal carcinogenic efficacy of male rat exposure to dietary ochratoxin A (OTA) only in the first year of life has been made in comparison to lifetime exposure. Ten months exposure to OTA at 300 μg/kg b.w.
Peter George Mantle
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The effect of water activity and temperature on the production of some mycotoxins

, 1979
Preventing mold from growing and producing mycotoxins requires knowledge of the conditions under which each of the toxinogenic molds becomes active. In this investigation the relation between fungal growth and mycotoxin formation and the factors water ...
Northolt, M.D.
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Etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy and associated urothelial cancer

, 2006
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a familial chronic tubulointerstitial disease with insidious onset and slow progression to terminal renal failure. Evidence has accumulated that BEN is an environmentally induced disease.
Atanasova, Srebrena, Stefanovic, V., Toncheva, D., Polenakovic, M.   +3 more
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aristolochic Acid I-Induced Kidney Diseases: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

Applied Sciences
Aristolochic acids, compounds derived from Aristolochiaceae plant species, are associated with significant renal nephrotoxicity and carcinogenicity. Aristolochic acid I (AAI), the most predominant and potent of these compounds, is a primary etiological ...
Alexandra T. Lukinich-Gruia, Crenguta L. Calma, Flavia A. E. Szekely, Iustina-Mirabela Cristea, Maria-Alexandra Pricop, Alina-Georgiana Simina, Valentin L. Ordodi, Nikola M. Pavlović, Calin A. Tatu, Virgil Paunescu   +9 more
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Dominant-Negative Effect of a Missense Variant in the TASK-2 (KCNK5) K+ Channel Associated with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy.

PLoS ONE, 2016
TASK-2, a member of the Two-Pore Domain (K2P) subfamily of K+ channels, is encoded by the KCNK5 gene. The channel is expressed primarily in renal epithelial tissues and a potentially deleterious missense variant in KCNK5 has recently been shown to be ...
Alan P Reed, Giovanna Bucci, Firdaus Abd-Wahab, Stephen J Tucker   +3 more
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