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SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Quiroz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6065092 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gonzalez-Quiroz Marvin M Smpokou Evangelia-Theano ET Silverwood Richard J RJ Camacho Armando A Faber Dorien D Garcia Brenda La Rosa BR Oomatia Amin A Hill Michael M Glaser Jason J Le Blond Jennifer J Wesseling Catharina C Aragon Aurora A Smeeth Liam L Pearce Neil N Nitsch Dorothea D Caplin Ben B
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20180615 8
<b>Background</b> Epidemic levels of CKD of undetermined cause, termed Mesoamerican nephropathy in Central America, have been found in low- and middle-income countries. We investigated the natural history of, and factors associated with, loss of kidney function in a population at high risk for this disease.<b>Methods</b> We conducted a 2-year prospective, longitudinal study with follow-up every 6 months in nine rural communities in northwestern Nicaragua and included all men (<i>n</i>=263) and a ...[more]