Clinical and pathological characterization of mesoamerican nephropathy: A new kidney disease in central america

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 908-918

  Wijkström, Julia ^a   Leiva, Ricardo ^b   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^a,c   Leiva, Silvia ^b   Trujillo, Zulma ^b   Trujillo, Luis ^b   Söderberg, Magnus ^d,e   Hultenby, Kjell ^a   Wernerson, Annika ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Hospital Nacional Rosales   (El Salvador)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central America; Chronic kidney disease; El Salvador; Mesoamerican nephropathy; occupational and environmental health; renal pathology; sugarcane

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EL SALVADOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84886718474     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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