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Ren Fail
; 29(8): 1049-51, 2007.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18067055
RESUMO
Renal failure secondary to carboplatin therapy is due to acute tubular necrosis and is usually reversible. However, acute renal failure with rapid progression to end-stage renal disease is an exceedingly rare complication of carboplatin therapy. The authors report a case of definitive renal failure secondary to carboplatin chemotherapy for a nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The mechanisms that give rise to the chronic nephropathy are discussed.