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[35-38] These are not new findings, but it is currently uncertain whether a raised UA acts as a nephrotoxin, vasculotoxin, or marker of a high acid-ash (protein) diet or reduced eGFR.
Ochratoxin A, a well known nephrotoxin (class 2B carcinogen) has been associated with fatal human kidney disease referred to as balkan endemic nephropathy.
Acute tubular necrosis was present, which was consistent with a nephrotoxin. These findings led to the fourth presumptive diagnosis of cholecalciferol toxicosis.
AKI has not been reported previously in users of SCs and might be associated with 1) a previously unrecognized toxicity, 2) a contaminant or a known nephrotoxin present in a single batch of drug, or 3) a new SC compound entering the market.
Lead is particularly neurotoxic in children, cadmium is a nephrotoxin, and excess fluoride affects teeth and bone, while selenium causes Enshi disease in the case of excess or Keshan syndrome and Kaschin-Beck disease in the case of deficiency.
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