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Acute Kidney Insufficiency

Known as: Kidney Insufficiencies, Acute, Renal insufficiency, Acute, Acute Renal Insufficiency 
Conditions in which the function of KIDNEYS deteriorates suddenly in a matter of days or even hours. It is characterized by the sudden drop in… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (5)

Abnormal renal physiologyAcute DiseaseAcute kidney injuryKidney Failure

Narrower (2)

Acute Cortical NecrosisAcute Kidney Tubular Necrosis
Adverse effectsAdverse reaction to drugAnti-Glomerular Basement Membrane DiseaseAnuria

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rituximab in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus refractory to conventional immunosuppression
Rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody specific for human CD20, has recently been used for the treatment of autoimmune… 
2004
2004
Life-threatening Dobrava hantavirus infection with unusually extended pulmonary involvement.
In Europe, hantavirus infections usually present as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and its mild form nephropathia… 
1999
1999
Depletion of liver and splenic macrophages reduces the lethality of Shiga toxin‐2 in a mouse model
The haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a clinical syndrome consisting of haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal… 
1998
1998
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and metformin: a cause for concern?
Review
1997
Review
1997
Propylthiouracil-induced diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: review of immunological complications.
Propylthiouracil (PTU), used to treat Graves' disease, occasionally induces a lupus-like syndrome. A 39-year-old woman developed… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Efficacy and safety of the bisphosphonate tiludronate for the treatment of tumor-associated hypercalcemia.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Platelet-activating factor mediates endotoxin-induced acute renal insufficiency in rats.
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) may contribute to the renal functional impairment of endotoxemia. We therefore examined 1) the… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Calcium antagonists and the kidney.
During the past decade, attention has focused on the effects of calcium antagonists on renal function. Recent studies using… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Renal histopathology in the hemolytic-uremic syndrome following shigellosis.
The hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) following dysentery caused by S. dysenteriae Type 1, characterized by microangiopathic… 
1956
1956
Some observations of the behavior of amylase in relation to acute renal insufficiency.
THE increased concentration of plasma amylase during chronic renal insufficiency has long been recognized and is considered to be… 
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