Tamoxifen in the treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 341-343

  Ergun, Ihsan ^a   Keven, Kenan ^a   Canbakan, Basol ^a   Ekmekci, Yakup ^a   Erbay, Bulent ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Acute tubular necrosis; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Tamoxifen; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; RADIOISOTOPE; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLANK PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETER DISEASE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 25144479925     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-004-0013-3     Document Type: Article

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