Metals and kidney markers in adult offspring of endemic nephropathy patients and controls: a two-year follow-up study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, (BEN), a tubulointerstitial kidney disease, is unknown. Although this disease is endemic in rural areas of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia, similar manifestations are reporte...

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Main Authors: Tsolova Svetla, Simeonov Valeri, Dimitrov Plamen, Karmaus Wilfried, Bonev Angel, Georgieva Rossitza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:Environmental Health
Online Access:http://www.ehjournal.net/content/7/1/11