Acute renal tubular injury with acute hepatitis a infection: Is it just a coincidence?

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-46

  Shroff, Gautam R ^a   Badve, Sunil V ^a   Joshi, Anand G ^b   Desai, Devendra C ^b   Abraham, Philip ^b   Sirsat, Rasika A ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Mahavir Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine; Fulminant hepatic failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 1242270503     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2003.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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