Drug-induced crystal nephropathy: An update

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Yarlagadda, Sri G ^a   Perazella, Mark A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Crystal nephropathy; Crystalluria; Intratubular obstruction; Medications

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICARBONATE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESCIN; FOLINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; INDINAVIR; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SULFADIAZINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRIAMTERENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISICOL;

ANURIA; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTAL NEPHROPATHY; CRYSTALLURIA; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DOSE LIVER FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FLATULENCE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEATORRHEA; STONE FORMATION; UREMIA; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URINE PH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATHARTICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIURETICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 41349119624     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.7.2.147     Document Type: Review

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