Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in a polymyositis patient

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 422-423

  Tsai, Chih Neng ^a   Liu, Ming Fei ^a   Lin, Thy Sheng ^a   Lin, Li Hsin ^a   Wang, Chrong Reen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Polymyositis; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSION FLUID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OLIGURIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 8444238148     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-004-0335-0     Document Type: Letter

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