Drug fever induced by azathioprine in a haemodialysis patient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1004-1005

  Sabeel, Abdalla ^a   Meshari, Khalid Al ^a   Abutaleb, Nasrulla ^a   Shaibani, Khalid Al ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Fever; Haemodialysis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 6844265558     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.4.1004     Document Type: Article

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