Renal Effects of Long-Term Treatment with 5-Aminosalicylic Acid

Harshna Patel; Aiala Barr; Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy

doi:10.1155/2009/501345

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)

Renal Effects of Long-Term Treatment with 5-Aminosalicylic Acid

Harshna Patel,
Aiala Barr,
Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy

Affiliations

Harshna Patel: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aiala Barr: Department of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy: Department of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/501345
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 3
pp. 170 – 176

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: A number of case reports link the use of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) to interstitial nephritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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