Cholesterol atheromatous embolism: An increasingly recognized cause of acute renal failure

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1607-1612

  Scolari, F ^a,b   Bracchi, M ^a   Valzorio, B ^a   Movilli, E ^a   Costantino, E ^a   Savoldi, S ^a   Zorat, S ^a   Bonardelli, S ^a   Tardanico, R ^a   Maiorca, R ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b Institute of Nephrology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Cholesterol embolism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CYANOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 8944223511     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.8.1607     Document Type: Article

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