Dabigatran-Related Nephropathy in a Patient with Undiagnosed IgA Nephropathy

Dabigatran is a direct thrombin inhibitor used as an alternative to warfarin for long term anticoagulation. Warfarin-related nephropathy is an increasingly recognized entity, but recent evidence suggests that dabigatran can cause a WRN-like syndrome. We describe a case of a biopsy-proven anticoagula...

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Main Authors: Escoli, Rachele, Santos, Paulo, Andrade, Sequeira, Carvalho, Fernanda
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540981/