Acute renal infarction in a heavy smoker

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 951-954

  Ergun, Ihsan ^a   Keven, Kenan ^a   Canbakan, Basol ^a   Ekmekci, Yakup ^a   Sezgin, Billur ^a   Nergizoglu, Gokhan ^a   Ates, Kenan ^a   Karatan, Oktay ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Diagnosis; Idiopathic; Renal infarction; Smoker; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FIBRINOGEN; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; MALE; PROTEIN C; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548399486     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9089-2     Document Type: Article

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