Prevalence of Balkan endemic nephropathy has not changed since 1971 in the Kolubara region in Serbia

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Bukvić, Danica ^a   Marić, Ivko ^a   Arsenović, Aleksandra ^a   Janković, Slavenka ^b   Djukanović, Ljubica ^b,c  

^a Institute of Endemic Nephropathy

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Balkan endemic nephropathy; Kidney function; Kidney size

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL DIABETES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; UREA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 34247585196     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101447     Document Type: Article

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