Severe rhabdomyolysis and renal failure triggered by a sauna visit in sickle cell trait: A case report

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-231

  Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Pohl, J ^a   Dikow, R ^a   Stremmel, W ^a   Encke, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SAUNA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 14944361354     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP63229     Document Type: Article

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