Reversible acute renal failure associated with hypothyroidism: Report of four cases with a brief review of literature

Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Mooraki, Ahmad ^a   Broumand, Behrooz ^a   Neekdoost, Fatemeh ^a   Amirmokri, Parham ^b   Bastani, Bahar ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatinine clearance; Glomerular filtration rate; Gout; Hypothyroidism; Myopathy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISONE; THYROTROPIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD TOLERANCE; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0038748013     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1797.2003.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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