A confusional state associated with use of lanthanum carbonate in a dialysis patient: a case report
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A confusional state associated with use of lanthanum carbonate in a dialysis patient: a case report
A 75-year-old woman was admitted with febrile confusion and abdominal pain. She was taking medications that included lanthanum carbonate. Examination, biology, a cerebral scan, and a review of her medications could not explain the confusion. The plain film of the abdomen revealed multiple diffuse calcium-like deposits throughout the digestive tract. The plasma levels of lanthanum were higher th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp508