Extreme hyperkalaemia secondary to malignant ureteric obstruction: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 637-640

  Ali, Y ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Kehinde, E O ^a,b   Johnny, K V ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248646267     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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