Acute renal insufficiency due to oral acyclovir in a man with sickle cell trait

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1093-1094

  Lawson, Anthony F ^a   Green, Phillip A ^a   Brett, Allan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CREATININE;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 0032740104     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199911000-00010     Document Type: Article

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