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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413037/ |