Risk factors for endemic chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka: Retrospect of water security in the dry zone

O Hettithanthri, S Sandanayake… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
kidney function; this was named ‘chronic kidney disease of … 3) build a scientific bridge by
investigating and consolidating probable … for chronic renal failure due to its undefined etiology in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of water quality on chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Thunukkai Division in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka

K Gobalarajah, P Subramaniam, UA Jayawardena… - BMC nephrology, 2020 - Springer
… Division in Mullaitivu District to investigate the socio demographic and clinical pattern of
CKDu patients and to evaluate the quality of their water sources. The samples were selected by …

Possible links between groundwater geochemistry and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): an investigation from the Ginnoruwa region in Sri Lanka

S Balasooriya, H Munasinghe, AT Herath… - Exposure and …, 2020 - Springer
water from centralized public water supplies, natural springs, … water fluoride in combination
with Mg 2+ may be a so far underestimated for the deterioration of the kidney functions. …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in India: What do we know and where we need to go

O John, B Gummudi, A Jha, N Gopalakrishnan… - Kidney international …, 2021 - Elsevier
… This study was limited by a single time point estimate of the kidney function … local risk factors
and include investigation of water source, food, and exposure … Chronic renal failure in India …

Significance of Mg-hardness and fluoride in drinking water on chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Monaragala, Sri Lanka

DND Liyanage, S Diyabalanage, SP Dunuweera… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
… , this paper aims to investigate the prevalence of CKDu and to … composition of water sources
used by CKDu patients and … Chronic renal failure among farm families in cascade irrigation …

The Influence of fluoride on chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

S Nanayakkara, S Senevirathna, KH Harada… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
… to investigate the fluoride concentration in drinking water in … that once the kidney function
is impaired, patients enter a … water for all patients with renal diseases" (United States National …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of novel renal biomarkers in assessment of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): a review

TDKSC Gunasekara, PMCS De Silva, C Herath… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… with environmental toxins with renal diseases, including CKDu. … for a number of cases of
chronic renal failure in countries where … The cause of kidney failure was unknown, and it was …

[HTML][HTML] Kidney developmental effects of metal-herbicide mixtures: Implications for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology

R Babich, JC Ulrich, EMDV Ekanayake… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
examining markers of kidney development (pax2a) and … Mitochondrial dysfunction is directly
linked to kidney failure, and … need to provide a clean water supply to affected communities to …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin in Sri Lanka: A Literature Review

T Hewageegana, N Rajakaruna… - Chronic Kidney Disease …, 2024 - intechopen.com
… attributed to the traditional causes of CKD. It was named as … -CKD (32.6) and the authors
suggested further investigations … advanced CKD and further deteriorating the kidney functions […

Drinking water heavy metal toxicity and chronic kidney diseases: a systematic review

T Farkhondeh, K Naseri, A Esform… - Reviews on …, 2021 - degruyter.com
… have investigated type and levels of heavy metals in drinking water… the levels of lead in
drinking water and kidney function [15]. In … Chromium ingestion can cause acute renal failure and …