Cocaine-induced renal artery dissection and thrombosis leading to renal infarction

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 66-69

  Edmondson, David A ^a,b   Towne, Jonathan B ^a,c   Foley, Dennis W ^a,c   Abu Hajir, Majed ^a,c   Kochar, Mahendr S ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Allergy and Immunology   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COCAINE; ENOXAPARIN; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; NITROGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; UREA; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELAPSE; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; RENOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 14544281141     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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