Kidney Diseases in Agricultural Communities: A Case Against Heat-Stress Nephropathy
The beginning of the 21st century has seen the emergence of a new chronic tubulo-interstitial kidney disease of uncertain cause among agricultural communities in Central America and Sri Lanka. Despite many similarities in demography, presentation, clinical features, and renal histopathology in affec...
Main Authors: | Chula Herath, Channa Jayasumana, P. Mangala C.S. De Silva, P.H. Chaminda De Silva, Sisira Siribaddana, Marc E. De Broe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Kidney International Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917304242 |
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