Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: a longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Despite the characteristic extensive tubulointerstitial fibrosis, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) is usually considered a non-inflammatory disease. METHODS: We examined a marker of inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP), in the offspring of patients with BEN, a population at risk for BE...

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Autores principales: Karmaus, Wilfried, Dimitrov, Plamen, Simeonov, Valeri, Tsolova, Svetla, Batuman, Vecihi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19400955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-10-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19400955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-10-10

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