Synthetic marijuana and acute kidney injury: An unforeseen association

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-333

  Kazory, Amir ^a   Aiyer, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; cannabinoids; cannabis; synthetic marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FLANK PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MALE; MITOSIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 84878547561     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sft047     Document Type: Article

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