Deliberate Overdose of Uranium: Toxicity and Treatment

Nephron

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-317

  Pavlakis, Nicholas ^a   Pollock, Carol A ^a   Mc Lean, Greg ^a   Bartrop, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Nephrotoxicity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CALCIUM; PENTETATE CALCIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANEMIA, REFRACTORY; CHELATING AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OVERDOSE; POISONING; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; URANIUM;

EID: 0030046551     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188862     Document Type: Article

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