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MeSH Heading: Balkan Nephropathy
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.570.643.150; C12.200.777.419.570.643.150; C12.950.419.570.643.150
Unique ID: D001449
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001449
Annotation: do not specify geography unless particularly discussed
Scope Note: A form of chronic interstitial nephritis that is endemic to limited areas of BULGARIA, the former YUGOSLAVIA, and ROMANIA. It is characterized by a progressive shrinking of the KIDNEYS that is often associated with uroepithelial tumors.
Entry Term(s): Balkan Endemic Nephropathy; Danubian Endemic Familial Nephropathy; Endemic Nephropathy, Balkan; Nephropathy, Balkan
Previous Indexing: Kidney Diseases (1966-1981); Nephritis (1966-1975); Nephritis, Interstitial (1969-1981); Pyelonephritis (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 1991; see NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL 1982-90; for Danubian Endemic Familial Nephropathy see Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome 2012
History Note: 1991(1982); use NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL 1982-90; for Danubian Endemic Familial Nephropathy use Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome 2012
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/23
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0002155
Scope Note: A form of chronic interstitial nephritis that is endemic to limited areas of BULGARIA, the former YUGOSLAVIA, and ROMANIA. It is characterized by a progressive shrinking of the KIDNEYS that is often associated with uroepithelial tumors.
Terms: Balkan Nephropathy Preferred Term
Term UI T004209
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1982); Nephropathy, Balkan
Term UI T004208
Date02/23/1981
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Endemic Nephropathy, Balkan
Term UI T004210
Date02/23/1981
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
Term UI T657113
Date10/27/2005
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Danubian Endemic Familial Nephropathy
Term UI T782081
Date12/13/2010
LexicalTag EPO
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