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Risk Factors for Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate in a Nicaraguan Community Affected by Mesoamerican Nephropathy

2014; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.37757/mr2014.v16.n2.4

ISSN

1555-7960

Autores

Nathan H. Raines, Marvin González-Quiroz, Christina Wyatt, Mark Kurzrok, Christopher Pool, Tiziana Lemma, Ilana Weiss, C.A. Marín-López, Valerio Prado, Eugenia Marcas, Karina Mayorga, Julio Cesar Echarte Morales, Aurora Aragón, Perry E. Sheffield,

Tópico(s)

Birth, Development, and Health

Resumo

INTRODUCTION Mesoamerican nephropathy, also known as chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, is widespread in Pacific coastal Central America. The cause of the epidemic is unknown, but the disease may be linked to multiple factors, including diet as well as environmental and occupational exposures. As many as 50% of men in some communities have Mesoamerican nephropathy.

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