Morphine promotes renal pathology in sickle mice

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are often treated with opioids for severe pain. Although opioids are known to have renal-specific effects, their role in nephropathy in SCD remains unknown. Because a subset of patients receives opioids for long periods of time, we examined the influence of ch...

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Main Authors: Weber, Marc L, Vang, Derek, Velho, Paulo E, Gupta, Pankaj, Crosson, John T, Hebbel, Robert P, Gupta, Kalpna
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413037/