Acute renal failure in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A rare cause

A young adult was diagnosed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T-cell immunophenotype and was initiated on chemotherapy. He presented with acute renal failure two days after the completion of his induction regimen. A renal biopsy showed features of necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN)....

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Main Authors: Alok Sharma, Ruchika Gupta, Yasir Rizvi, Shyam Rathi, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Dipankar Bhowmik, Amit K Dinda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2013;volume=24;issue=1;spage=93;epage=96;aulast=Sharma