Dialysis encephalopathy secondary to aluminum toxicity, diagnosed by bone biopsy [5]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2581-2582

  Modelli Andrade, Luis Gustavo ^a   Garcia, Fábio Duarte ^a   Silva, Vanessa Santos ^a   Gabriel, Daniela Ponce ^a   Rodrigues Jr , Antonio Gonçalves ^a   Nascimento, Ginivaldo Victor R ^a   Caramori, Jacqueline Teixeira ^a   Martin, Luis Cuadrado ^a   Barretti, Pasqual ^a   Balbi, André Luis ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFEROXAMINE;

AGED; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; APRAXIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHIVERING;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; BONE DISEASES; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 27644538434     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi072     Document Type: Letter

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