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Dissolution of extensive urolithiasis: extending the utility of rasburicase can avoid the need for surgical intervention and renal replacement therapy

A 79-year-old male with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and extensive bilateral renal stone disease was treated with intravenous rasburicase for persistent hyperuricaemia. Subsequent imaging revealed a complete dissolution of stone burden, avoiding the need for complex, invasive stone surgery and f...

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Autores principales: Rezvani, Sean, Zelhof, Bachar, Hutchison, Alastair, Selby, Peter, Picton, Michael, Grey, Ben R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26917728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw009