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    Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a form of interstitial nephritis causing kidney failure. It was first identified in the 1920s among several small,...
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    contamination of grain with European birthwort (A. clematitis) is a cause of Balkan nephropathy, a severe renal disease occurring in parts of southeast Europe. In...
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    After a few months, some of the patients experienced kidney failure. Balkan nephropathy Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aristolochia clematitis. Grollman...
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  • disease. The Balkan endemic nephropathy was found to be caused by chronic intake of aristolochic acid, while the causes of Mesoamerican nephropathy that occurs...
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    aristolochic acid is also highly nephrotoxic and may be a causative agent in Balkan nephropathy. However, despite these well-documented dangers, aristolochic acid...
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    transitional cell (urothelial) urinary cancers seems abnormally high in Balkan endemic nephropathy patients, especially for the upper urinary tract. The molecular...
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    Tamm–Horsfall protein have been seen in various forms of nephritis (e.g., Balkan nephropathy), however, it remains unclear whether there is any pathophysiologic...
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    mammalian kidneys. Exposure to ochratoxin A has been associated with Balkan endemic nephropathy, a kidney disease with high mortality in people living near tributaries...
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  • nephritis Pyelonephritis Balkan endemic nephropathy Vascular Renal artery stenosis Renal ischemia Hypertensive nephropathy Renovascular hypertension...
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    “Chinese herbs nephropathy” (CHN) due to the origin of the weight-loss supplement. A similar condition previously known as Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), first...
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  • 570.643 – nephritis, interstitial MeSH C12.777.419.570.643.150 – balkan nephropathy MeSH C12.777.419.570.643.790 – pyelonephritis MeSH C12.777.419.570...
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    synthesis and microcytic anemia. Symptoms of lead poisoning include nephropathy, colic-like abdominal pains, and possibly weakness in the fingers, wrists...
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  • kidneys and is thought to be one of the culprits involved in the Balkan endemic nephropathy. Despite the lack of regulations, there have been various studies...
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    and the side effects of preventing rejection (especially infection and nephropathy) were, are, and may always be the key problem. Several apocryphal accounts...
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    condition Diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome Lipodystrophy Nephropathy Cardiomyopathy Neurocognitive disorders Pruritus Opportunistic infection...
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  • Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Romania. This occurrence was called the Balkan Endemic Nephropathy that was being caused by the consumption of contaminated pig meat...
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  • (January 2010). "Mycotoxic nephropathy in Bulgarian pigs and chickens: complex aetiology and similarity to Balkan endemic nephropathy" (PDF). Food Additives...
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    involved in the pathogenesis of a human kidney disease, called Balkan Endemic Nephropathy. The interaction of both substances might also influence apoptosis...
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    years from recurrent uric acid stones and may have died from obstructive nephropathy. His condition may account for his artistic interest in kidneys. Five...
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