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Toxins, 2021 The plant-derived toxin, aristolochic acid (AA), is the cause of Chinese Herb Nephropathy and Balkan Nephropathy. Ingestion of high dose AA induces acute kidney injury, while chronic low dose ingestion leads to progressive kidney disease.
Khai Gene Leong +4 more
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Surgical management for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma [PDF]
, 2008 This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to comments and criticisms, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic
Cohen, Nicholas P. +5 more
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Environmental Health, 2008 Background The etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, (BEN), a tubulointerstitial kidney disease, is unknown. Although this disease is endemic in rural areas of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia, similar manifestations are reported to occur
Tsolova Svetla +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of vascular calcification in pre-dialysis patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2016 Introduction. Vascular calcifications (VC) are common in patients with chronic kidney disease and present one of manifestations of mineral and bone disorders in these patients. Objective. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the prevalence
Petković Nenad +6 more
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Air pollution and kidney disease: Review of current evidence [PDF]
, 2019 Along with amazing technological advances, the industrial revolution of the mid-19th century introduced new sources of pollution. By the mid-20th century, the effects of these changes were beginning to be felt around the world.
Afsar, Baris +5 more
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Oxidative Stress in End‐Stage Renal Disease: Pathophysiology and Potential Interventions
, 2023 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023.
Stefanos Roumeliotis +3 more
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Effect of Ochratoxin A and Aristolochic Acid on a Porcine Kidney Cell Line
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is an irreversible, chronic, tubulo-interstitial nephropathy described so far in several rural regions from the Balkan with an unknown aetiology.
Daniela Eliza Marin +2 more
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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
Vedran Premužić +8 more
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Is the staple diet eaten in Medawachchiya, Sri Lanka, a predisposing factor in the development of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology? - A comparison based on urinary β2-microglobulin measurements [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Exact mechanism of causation of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka is not described to date, despite the identification of possible multiple risk factors. Questions have been raised as to why only some are affected
Danaseela B Nugegoda +5 more
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Toxics, 2019 Aristolochic acids (AAs) are nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids naturally produced by Aristolochia plants. These plants were widely used to prepare herbal remedies until AAs were observed to be highly nephrotoxic and carcinogenic to humans.
Chi-Kong Chan +3 more
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