Can rhabdomyolysis be the only cause of acute renal failure in leptospirosis?
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Glutaric Aciduri Type II, with Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure Presentation in 10 Years Old Girl
Introduction: Myopathy and rhabdomyolysis are not common in children and, if not detected and do not treated it will be associated with high mortality and morbidity rate. The causes of rhabdomyolysis include hypokalemia, trauma, viral myositis, poisoning, rheumatoid diseases, and metabolic myopathies. Rhabdomyolysis treatment includes rapid supportive care and treatment of the underlying dise...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1460-2385,0931-0509
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi073