Acute kidney injury in a patient with melanuria, diffuse melanosis, and metastatic malignant melanoma

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-270

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Kerner, Katja ^a   Weiner, Stefan ^b   Waldherr, Rüdiger ^c   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Center for Dialysis Nephrology and Rheumatology   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Melanosis; Renal impairment

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DIPYRONE; MELANIN; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MELANURIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45949086540     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200809040-00007     Document Type: Article

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