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Balkan nephropathy
Also known as:
Yugoslavian chronic, endemic nephropathy
South-eastern Europe endemic nephropathy
Danubian endemic familial nephropathy
Associated persons:
None Balkan
Description:
Chronic interstitial nephropathy of obscure origin. No symptoms, negative history of edema; hematuria; upper respiratory infection. Occurs in Romnania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia around the Donau basin.
Bibliography:
- P.W. Hall, G. J. Dammin, R. C. Giggs, et al:
Investigation of chronic endemic nephropathy in Yugoslavia.
American Journal of Medicine, New York, 1965, 39: 210-217.
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