Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: A longitudinal study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Karmaus, Wilfried ^a   Dimitrov, Plamen ^b   Simeonov, Valeri ^c   Tsolova, Svetla ^b   Batuman, Vecihi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c Vratza District Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE;

BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 65649087856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-10-10     Document Type: Article

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