Lithium nephropathy: Unique sonographic findings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 637-644

  Di Salvo, Donald N ^a,b,c   Park, Joseph ^b   Laing, Faye C ^d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium nephropathy; Lithium toxicity; Renal microcysts; Renal sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT PATIENTS; LITHIUM THERAPIES; LITHIUM TOXICITY; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NEPHROPATHY; RENAL MICROCYSTS; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864242991     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.4.637     Document Type: Article

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