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Association of a bitter taste receptor mutation with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN)
BACKGROUND: Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) is late-onset kidney disease thought to arise from chronic exposure to aristolochic acid, a phytotoxin that contaminates wheat supplies in rural areas of Eastern Europe. It has recently been demonstrated that humans are capable of perceiving aristolochic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23050764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-13-96 |