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Unusual Urothelial Tumors and Refractory Uremia Due to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: A Case Report. [PDF]

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep
Balkan 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 ...
Arabyan G, Hambartzhumian R, Lim A, Quizon M, Oberndorf J, Sanford MA.   +5 more
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Histopathological review of renal pelvic tumours of Balkan nephropathy cases from Southern Serbia [PDF]

Annals of Urologic Oncology, 2020
Background Urothelial tumour frequently associates with atrophied kidney pelvis in Balkan endemic nephropathy but histopathology illustration lacks both definition and immune profile for differential diagnosis from renal cell carcinoma. Methods Histology
Pavlovic, Nikola, Stanojevic, Goran, Mantle, Peter, Herman, Diana   +3 more
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Is Aristolochic Acid Really the Cause of the Balkan Endemic Nephropathy? [PDF]

Journal of Controversies in Biomedical Research, 2016
In recent years, aristolochic acid has been promoted vigorously as the causal agent of the Balkan endemic nephropathy because of similarities to some other nephropathies, association with DNA adducts and a perception of human exposure via bread. Critical
Peter George Mantle, Diana Herman, Mantle, PG, Calin Tatu, Tatu, C, Herman, D   +5 more
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Early Detection of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy in Bosanska Posavina

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2010
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic tubulointersticial nephropathy that is diagnosed in a few agrarian regions of Balkan. Even tough numerous dilemmas and conflicting opinions regarding BEN etiology are encountered in literature, prevailing ...
Mešić, Enisa, Enisa Mešić
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Arterial Stiffness in Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, an Environmental Form of Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2018
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), an environmental form of aristolochic acid nephropathy is characterized with later onset and milder forms of hypertension (HT). Thus, we hypothesized that arterial stiffness progresses slower in BEN patients resulting in
Stipančić, Želimir, Želimir Stipančić, Jelaković, Ana, Ivković, Vanja, Sandra Karanović, Jelaković, Bojan, Leko, Ninoslav, Karanović, Sandra, Vuković Brinar, Ivana, Vanja Ivković, Ninoslav Leko, Dika, Živka, Živka Dika, Bojan Jelaković, Ana Jelaković, Vedran Premužić, Ivana Vuković Brinar, Premužić, Vedran   +17 more
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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, Janković Slavenka, Novaković Ivana, Radisavljević Snežana, Rakić, Lukić Ljiljana, Stefanović Vladisav, Glogovac Stevan, Bukvić Danica, Nikolić Jovan, Basta-Jovanović Gordana, Pejović Vesna, Đurić Sunčica, Dimitrijević Jovan, Marić Ivko   +14 more
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Higher dose of erythropoietin for anemia correction in Balkan endemic nephropathy patients [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2012
Introduction. Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patients maintained with hemodialysis have more severe anemia than patients with other kidney diseases. Objective.
Mitrović Đorđe, Kovačević Sanda, Đukanović Ljubica, Vakičić Slaven, Tešić Jelica, Lukić Ljiljana, Stanišić Momir, Pelemiš Snežana   +7 more
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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 J Med Genet, 2023
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, Ignjatović I, Janković Veličković L, Veljković A.   +3 more
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The role of a parental history of Balkan endemic nephropathy in the occurrence of BEN: a prospective study

International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2012
Kesinee Hanjangsit1, Wilfried Karmaus1, Plamen Dimitrov2, Hongmei Zhang1, Jim Burch1, Svetla Tzolova2, Vecihi Batuman3,41Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; 2National Center of Public Health ...
Karmaus W, Zhang H, Dimitrov P, Burch J, Tzolova S, Batuman V, Hanjangsit K   +6 more
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Nature of the virus associated with endemic Balkan nephropathy. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2002
Riquelme C, Escors D, Ortego J, Sanchez CM, Uzelac-Keserovic B, Apostolov K, Enjuanes L.   +6 more
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