Acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis in patients with anicteric leptospirosis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-192

  Hurst, Frank P ^a,b,c   Neff, R T ^a,b   Katz, A R ^d   Buchholz, A E ^e   Sasaki, D M ^e   Berg, B W ^c,d   Abbott, K C ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY INJURY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350138404     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp72186     Document Type: Article

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