Renal tubular defects from antidepressant use in an older adult: An uncommon but reversible adverse drug effect

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 607-610

  Adiga, Giridhar U ^a,b   Dharmarajan, T S ^c,d  

^a Halifax Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DONEPEZIL; ESCITALOPRAM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MIRTAZAPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; KIDNEY TUBULES;

EID: 33748796949     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: 11732563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200626100-00008     Document Type: Article

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