Clinical markers in adult offspring of families with and without Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 723-729

  Dimitrov, P ^a   Tsolova, S ^a   Georgieva, R ^a   Bozhilova, D ^a   Simeonov, V ^b   Bonev, A ^b   Karmaus, W ^c  

^a National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b Vratza District Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin; Albumin; Balkan Endemic Nephropathy; Creatinine clearance; Epidemiology; Kidney size

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALKAN ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY EXAMINATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BULGARIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UREA;

EID: 32544436615     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000120     Document Type: Article

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