Why does chloroquine impair renal function?: Chloroquine may modulate the renal tubular response to vasopressin either directly by inhibiting cyclic AMP generation, or indirectly via nitric oxide

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-143

  Ahmed, Mohamed H ^a   Osman, Meissa M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CYCLIC AMP; ELECTROLYTE; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTIDIURESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIURESIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MALARIA; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33751089851     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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