Wijewickrama, Eranga;
Behera, Suman;
Garcia, Pablo;
Avila-Casado, Carmen;
Caplin, Ben;
Paolo, Vicente Sanchez;
Courville, Karen;
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(2024)
Kidney biopsies among persons living in hotspots of CKDu: a position statement from the International Society of Nephrology’s Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu.
Kidney International
, 105
(3)
pp. 464-469.
10.1016/j.kint.2023.12.012.
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Abstract
Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is a progressive primary tubulointerstitial kidney disease affecting persons in rural, agricultural communities worldwide. Some of the other terms used to identify this disease include Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) in Central America, Uddanam nephropathy in India, and chronic interstitial nephritis in agricultural communities (CINAC). Well-described hotspots exist in Central America, Sri Lanka, and India, with investigations to assess epidemiology and cause(s) ongoing in many regions of the world.1,2 Although the disease is suggested in a person living in a CKDu endemic area and presenting with declining kidney function without alternative explanations (e.g., diabetes, heavy proteinuria or hematuria indicative of glomerulonephritis, or structural kidney disease), definitive diagnosis requires findings of chronic tubulointerstitial disease on kidney biopsy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Kidney biopsies among persons living in hotspots of CKDu: a position statement from the International Society of Nephrology’s Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.kint.2023.12.012 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.12.012 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Renal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185620 |
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