Increased urinary albumin excretion in children from families with Balkan nephropathy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 913-916

  Stefanović, Vladisav ^a   Čukuranović, Rade ^a   Mitić Zlatković, Marina ^a   Hall, Phillip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Balkan nephropathy; Environment; Nephrotoxicity; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER LOADING; WINTER; YUGOSLAVIA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALBUMINURIA; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; SEASONS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0036952353     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-0971-6     Document Type: Article

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