Safety of Stromal Vascular Fraction Cell Therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Cause (Mesoamerican Nephropathy)
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DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szac080
Abstract: Abstract Chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu), also known as Mesoamerican nephropathy, typically presents as an ischemic nephropathy with chronic tubulointerstitial fibrosis in normotensive patients, rapidly progressing to kidney failure. In this first-in-human, open-label,… read more here.
Keywords: disease unknown; kidney; chronic kidney; mesoamerican nephropathy ... See more keywords
Chronic kidney disease with unknown cause across the global spectrum
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DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000874
Abstract: Purpose of review In the 1990s, a type of chronic kidney disease with unknown cause (CKDu) was identified in Central America and Sri Lanka. Patients lacked hypertension, diabetes, glomerulonephritis, or other usual causes of kidney… read more here.
Keywords: disease unknown; disease; chronic kidney; cause ... See more keywords
Bi‐allelic pathogenic variants in ITGA8 cause slowly progressive renal disease of unknown etiology
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DOI: 10.1111/cge.14229
Abstract: Integrin Subunit Alpha 8 gene (ITGA8) encodes an integrin chain that is known to be critical in the early stage of the kidney development. Bi‐allelic pathogenic variants in ITGA8 are associated with bilateral renal agenesis,… read more here.
Keywords: pathogenic variants; disease unknown; disease; allelic pathogenic ... See more keywords
The presence of dehydration in paddy farmers in an area with chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology
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DOI: 10.1111/nep.13605
Abstract: Kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) has been a health problem in the rural farming community of the North Central province of Sri Lanka since the 1990s and various environmental factors have been postulated as… read more here.
Keywords: disease unknown; unknown aetiology; kidney disease; kidney ... See more keywords
G302(P) Observation of variation in growth in children of ginnoruwa – an established chronic kindey disease of unknown origin (CKDU) hotspot
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.293
Abstract: Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (CKDU) is currently a leading cause of disease burden in the farming populations of the central province of Sri Lanka. This study was a part of a larger… read more here.
Keywords: unknown origin; age; ckdu; origin ckdu ... See more keywords
Qualitative and quantitative dermatoglyphics of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) in Sri Lanka
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DOI: 10.1186/s40101-019-0207-0
Abstract: Background Dermatoglyphics has been used widely in fields of medicine as a non-invasive diagnostic tool and an early assessment of risk for certain medical conditions. It reflects disturbances in fetal development during early prenatal weeks… read more here.
Keywords: chronic kidney; kidney disease; ckdu; disease unknown ... See more keywords
Glyphosate’s Synergistic Toxicity in Combination with Other Factors as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16152734
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is a global epidemic. Sri Lanka has experienced a doubling of the disease every 4 or 5 years since it was first identified in the North Central province… read more here.
Keywords: chronic kidney; etiology; disease; disease unknown ... See more keywords