Nephrotoxicity of recreational party drugs

Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Berney Meyer, Linda ^a   Putt, Tracey ^a   Schollum, John ^a   Walker, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; N benzylpiperazine; nephrotoxicity; recreational drug

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; N BENZYLPIPERAZINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OVERDOSE; PIPERAZINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856171137     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2011.01537.x     Document Type: Review

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