Diagnostic criteria for Balkan endemic nephropathy: Proposal by an international panel

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 867-880

  Stefanovic, Vladisav ^a   Jelakovic, Bojan ^b   Cukuranovic, Rade ^a   Bukvic, Dana ^c   Nikolic, Jovan ^d   Lukic, Ljiljana ^e   Gluhovschi, Gheorge ^f   Toncheva, Draga ^g   Polenakovic, Momir ^h   Cosyns, Jean Pierre ⁱ  

^a Clinic of dentistry   (Serbia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Institute of Endemic Nephropathy   (Serbia)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^e International Dialysis Center   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^h MACEDONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Macedonia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Balkan endemic nephropathy; Diagnostic criteria; Screening; Tubulointerstitial disease; Urothelial cancer

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARSENIC; CYCLOSPORIN A; IFOSFAMIDE; LITHIUM; NITROSOUREA; PAMIDRONIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE; TACROLIMUS;

AMINOACIDURIA; ANALGESIC NEPHROPATHY; ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SIZE; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL DIABETES; REVIEW; SCREENING; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE ACIDIFICATION; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

EID: 36249000713     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220701600732     Document Type: Review

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