Thus, it was anticipated that the renal biopsy would reveal a tubulointerstitial lesion. It was also expected that this would be an idiopathic disease because the patient was not taking any over ...

Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic tubulointerstitial disease described only in some rural parts of southeastern Europe. One of its most peculiar characteristics is a strong association ...

More than 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN) during the disease, which may ...