ANCA-positive vasculitis induced by levamisole-adulterated cocaine and nephrotic syndrome: The kidney as an unusual target

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 557-561

  Díaz, Hortensia Álvarez ^a   Callejo, Ana Isabel Marińo ^a   Rodríguez, José Francisco García ^a   Pazos, Laura Rodríguez ^a   Buela, Inmaculada Gómez ^a   Barrera, Ana María Bermejo ^b  

^a Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Levamisole; Nephrotic syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COCAINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; LEVAMISOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NOCARDIOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891683960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889731     Document Type: Article

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