Open AccessThe clinical features of acute kidney injury in patients with acute paraquat intoxication
Author(s) -
Su-Ji Kim,
HyoWook Gil,
JongOh Yang,
Eun Young Lee,
SaeYong Hong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfn615
Subject(s) - medicine , paraquat , acute kidney injury , kidney , intensive care medicine , biochemistry , chemistry
Paraquat (PQ) is a non-selective herbicide that generates reactive oxygen species in vivo. We hypothesized that acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute PQ poisoning would provide a model for the clinical features of ROS-induced AKI.
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