"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
- Danubian Endemic Familial Nephropathy
- Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
- Nephropathy, Balkan
- Endemic Nephropathy, Balkan
- Nephropathy, Balkan Endemic
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Balkan Nephropathy" by people in Profiles.
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Geographic distribution and risk of upper urothelial carcinomas in Croatia, 2001-2011. BMC Cancer. 2019 Oct 15; 19(1):950.