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
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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
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Simultaneous ipsilateral rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma and multifocal urothelial carcinoma of the ureter in a patient from the region of Balkan endemic nephropathy: Case report and literature review [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2021 Introduction. Simultaneous ipsilateral coexistence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) rarely occurs. Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic degenerative tubulointerstitial renal disease, strongly ...
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BALKAN SAVAŞLARI’NIN TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİLİĞİNİN DOĞUŞUNA ETKİLERİ: NAZIM HİKMET’İN GENÇLİK ŞİİRLERİNDEN ÖRNEKLER (1913-1930) [PDF]
, 2018 WOS: 000454688300006This study examines the influence of the Balkan Wars on the formation of Turkish nationalism through examples from the youth poems of Nazim Hikmet.
Bilge Kaan TOPÇU, Topçu, Bilge Kaan
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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.
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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
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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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TURKEY-GREECE SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF BALKAN POLICY OF ATATURK PERIOD [PDF]
, 2021 Before the Second World War, the measures taken against revisionist states in the Balkans were insufficient. Greece and Turkey who wanted to address this issue, signed a new treaty in 1938, in addition to cooperation arising from the expansion of the ...
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The critical role of methylglyoxal and glyoxalase 1 in diabetic nephropathy [PDF]
, 2014 The discovery of increased formation of methylglyoxal (MG) by cell metabolism in high glucose concentration in vitro suggested possible relevance to diabetes and diabetes complications (1,2).
Rabbani, Naila, Thornalley, Paul J.
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Molecular Mechanism of Ochratoxin A Transport in the Kidney
Toxins, 2010 The mycotoxin, ochratoxin A (OTA), is thought to be responsible for Balkan endemic nephropathy. OTA accumulates in several tissues, especially in the kidneys and liver.
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