Karyomegaly of tubular kidney cells in human chronic interstitial nephropathy in Tunisia: Respective role of Ochratoxin A and possible genetic predisposition

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 339-346

  Hassen, Wafa ^a   Abid Essafi, Salwa ^a   Achour, Abdellatif ^a,b   Guezzah, Noureddine ^c   Zakhama, Abdelfettah ^d   Ellouz, Farielle ^e   Creppy, Edmond E ^f   Bacha, Hassen ^a  

^a Faculity of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Health School   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^e HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic factor B35; Karyomegaly; Ochratoxin A; Tubular nephropathy

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; OCHRATOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TUNISIA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CARCINOGENS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; OCHRATOXINS; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS; TUNISIA;

EID: 4344696846     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327104ht458oa     Document Type: Article

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