Article
Early detection of Balkan endemic nephropathy in Bosanska Posavina.
Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences - 1 Apr 2010
Mesić Enisa
Abstract excerpt
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 theory is that BEN is caused by chronic poisoning with aristolochic acid ingested by food in people with genetic predisposition to this disease. BEN is categorized...
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