Recovery from hemodialysis therapy in a patient with renal cholesterol crystal embolism

Nephron

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 240-243

  Kato, Akihiko ^a,b   Ohtsuji, Akiko ^a   Terada, Tatsuhiro ^a   Goto, Tetsuo ^a   Fukasawa, Hirotaka ^a   Yasuda, Hideo ^a   Togawa, Akashi ^a   Fujimoto, Taiki ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujigaki, Yoshihide ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Yonemura, Katsuhiko ^a   Hishida, Akira ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Cholesterol emboli; Inflammation; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; AMPUTATION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTAL; CYANOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LOWER LEG; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; AMPUTATION; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION INDUCTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TOES;

EID: 18544383959     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064457     Document Type: Article

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