Leukocytoclastic vasculitis and interstitial nephritis with carbimazole treatment
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis and interstitial nephritis with carbimazole treatment.
Carbimazole is a common treatment for hyperthyroidism in the UK. Its main side effects include a rash, agranulocytosis and rarely a lupus-like syndrome. Although vasculitis associated with antineutrophil anticytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) has been reported on several occasions following treatment with propylthiouracil, vasculitis with carbimazole appears to be less common. We report a case of le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/18.2.429