Balkan Nephropathy
"Balkan Nephropathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of chronic interstitial nephritis that is endemic to limited areas of BULGARIA, the former YUGOSLAVIA, and ROMANIA. It is characterized by a progressive shrinking of the KIDNEYS that is often associated with uroepithelial tumors.
| Descriptor ID |
D001449
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.570.643.150 C13.351.968.419.570.643.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Balkan Nephropathy- Balkan Nephropathy
- Nephropathy, Balkan
- Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
- Nephropathy, Balkan Endemic
- Endemic Nephropathy, Balkan
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Balkan Nephropathy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Schmeiser HH, Nortier JL, Singh R, Gamboa da Costa G, Sennesael J, Cassuto-Viguier E, Ambrosetti D, Rorive S, Pozdzik A, Phillips DH, Stiborova M, Arlt VM. Exceptionally long-term persistence of DNA adducts formed by carcinogenic aristolochic acid I in renal tissue from patients with aristolochic acid nephropathy. Int J Cancer. 2014 Jul 15; 135(2):502-7.