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Early steroid treatment improves the recovery of renal function in patients with drug-induced acute...

Early steroid treatment improves the recovery of renal function in patients with drug-induced acute...

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Early steroid treatment improves the recovery of renal function in patients with drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis

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Full title

Early steroid treatment improves the recovery of renal function in patients with drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

Kidney international, 2008-04, Vol.73 (8), p.940-946

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

The role of steroid treatment in drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis (DI-AIN) is controversial. We performed a multicenter retrospective study to determine the influence of steroids in 61 patients with biopsy-proven DI-AIN, 52 of whom were treated with steroids. The responsible drugs were antibiotics (56%), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory dru...

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Early steroid treatment improves the recovery of renal function in patients with drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_210165875

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_210165875

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ISSN

0085-2538

E-ISSN

1523-1755

DOI

10.1038/sj.ki.5002776

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