Acute kidney injury caused by consumption of melamine-contaminated infant formula in 47 children: A multi-institutional experience in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Urological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Shang, Panfeng ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Yue, Zhong Jin ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Haibin ^a   Tang, Xiaoshuang ^a   He, Qiqi ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Melamine infants; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; MELAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROSTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAZINES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84863990590     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: 14340879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-011-0422-6     Document Type: Article

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