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CKDu and Heat Stress Nephropathy Across Eras: Regional Heterogeneity, Occupational Evidence, and Prevention in a Warming World.

Lucas Maciel de Almeida Corrêa Luiggi Kevin Virgino Brandão Gabriela Mazur Clara Belo Gamon Santiago Alexandre de Assis Barbosa Ivan Felipe Dutra Gabriel Costa de Santana Yan Roberth Delmiro Silva Letícia Esteves Dante

Sep 2026 · Nephron · pp. 1 · 0 citations

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This review traces CKDu/HSN from agricultural communities to its relevance as a nephrology and public-health priority and synthesizes biomarker and histopathologic evidence supporting a tubulointerstitial phenotype and examines how climate change is expanding heat-related kidney risk.

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