Renal Morphology, Clinical Findings, and Progression Rate in Mesoamerican Nephropathy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 626-636

  Wijkström, Julia ^a   González Quiroz, Marvin ^b,c   Hernandez, Mario ^b   Trujillo, Zulma ^d   Hultenby, Kjell ^a   Ring, Anneli ^e   Söderberg, Magnus ^e,f   Aragón, Aurora ^b   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^a   Wernerson, Annika ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Hospital Nacional Rosales   (El Salvador)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central America; chronic kidney disease (CKD); CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu); dehydration; disease progression; El Salvador; endemic nephropathy; environmental exposure; heat stress; kidney biopsy; Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN); Nicaragua; renal morphology; renal pathology; sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; EL SALVADOR; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MESOAMERICAN NEPHROPATHY; NICARAGUA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUGARCANE; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEAT; HYPERTROPHY; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RURAL POPULATION; SCLEROSIS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EL SALVADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FARMERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RURAL POPULATION; SACCHARUM; SCLEROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009966181     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.10.036     Document Type: Article

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