Renal replacement therapy associated with lithium nephrotoxicity in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 226-228

  Roxanas, Milton ^a   Grace, Blair S ^b   George, Charles R P ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LINEAR MODELS; LITHIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899140966     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10435     Document Type: Article

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