Renal dysfunction after oral acyclovir treatment in a geriatric woman: A case report

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 611-613

  Yavuz, Burcu B ^a,b   Cankurtaran, Mustafa ^a   Halil, Meltem ^a   Dagli, Neslihan ^a   Kirkpantur, Alper ^a   Ariogul, Servet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALENDRONIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PARACETAMOL; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEINURIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 24644474734     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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