Urov disease

According to the specific characteristics of North Eurasian biogeochemical provinces, the alterations of the biogeochemical food webs were studied for I (endemic goiter), Si (the Urov disease), B (endemic enteritis), Se (endemic myopathia), and Mo (endemic gout). On a basis of these results, the recommendations have been produced for correction of daily intake of essential elements. 

After Kashins report, there was a 43-year hiatus in the investigation of Urov disease. It was rediscovered independently by Eugene V. Beck, who carried out a survey in 11 villages near the Urov River between 1899 and 1902. Among 3153 inhabitants examined. Beck observed that 1009 had deformed bodies, thickened joints and a limping gait. He called the disease osteoarthritis deformans endemica and this was the tide of his thesis in 1906 (Sokoloff, 1989). 

Description of endemic goiter and other diseases prevailing along the Urov River. ... 

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