Approach to acute renal failure in biopsy proven myeloma cast nephropathy: is there still a role for plasmapheresis?

نویسندگان

  • Luana Pillon
  • Raeshell S Sweeting
  • Avi Arora
  • Alicia Notkin
  • Harold S Ballard
  • Rosemary L Wieczorek
  • Nelson Leung
چکیده

myeloma cast nephropathy: Is there still a role for plasmapheresis? Luana Pillon, Raeshell S. Sweeting, Avi Arora, Alicia Notkin, Harold S. Ballard, Rosemary L. Wieczorek and Nelson Leung Department of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care Systems, New York, New York, USA; Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA; Division of Pathology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA and Mayo Clinic, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Kidney international

دوره 74 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008