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Acta Medica Medianae
Radomir Raičević
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MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES AND DIASTOLIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGHT VENTRIcLE IN PATIENTS WITH cHRONIc OBSTRUcTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EVALUATED BY DOPPLER EcHOcARDIOGRAPHY
Radomir Raičević*, Predrag Vuksanović*, Sveto Suša**, Rade Čukuranović*, Vojin Savić* i Branka Mitić*
Institut za nefrologiju i hemodijalizu Kliničkog centra u Nišu*
Endemic
nephropathy is a renal disease of unknown aetiology, which occurs
endemically and affects individuals from risk families, with latent
but progressive natural course and fatal outcome. In earlier
territorial investigations, endemic areas were found along the Juzna
Morava River: Brestovac, Kutles, Trupale, Gornja i Donja Toponica,
Luzane, Nozrina, Moravac and other settlements. The last extensive
studies of endemic nephropathy in these villages were conducted in
1981. These investigations showed that 2.7% of inhabitants along the
right side of Juzna Morava River, in Donja Trnava village, suffered
from endemic nephropathy. In the present study, a total of 291
persons (153 female and 138 male), aged 7 to 77, were investigated.
Diagnosis of endemic nephropathy was made according to the natural
history, physical examination and urine analysis. Two persons or
0.68 % (one with chronic renal failure, and the other with an
end-stage renal disease, on haemodialysis treatments) had endemic
nephropathy. Eight persons (or 2.75%) suffered from other renal
diseases. There were no urothelial tumors, which was confirmed in
previous studies. Based on these investigations, a total of 39
persons from 29 risk families was selected for further examinations
and following-up at the Institute of Nephrology and Haemodialysis in
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