Association of a bitter taste receptor mutation with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN)

• Main Authors: Wooding Stephen P (Author), Atanasova Srebrena (Author), Gunn Howard C (Author), Staneva Rada (Author), Dimova Invanka (Author), Toncheva Draga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) is late-onset kidney disease thought to arise from chronic exposure to aristolochic acid, a phytotoxin that contaminates wheat supplies in rural areas of Eastern Europe. It has recently been demonstra...