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. 2018 Jul 7;3(6):1473-1476.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.003. eCollection 2018 Nov.

N-methylamphetamine ("Crystal Meth")-Associated Acute Renal Cortical Necrosis

Anu Gupta¹, Michael Kuperman², Silvi Shah³

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¹ Buffalo Medical Group, Buffalo, New York, USA.
² Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 30450474
PMCID: PMC6224663
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.003

Case Reports

N-methylamphetamine ("Crystal Meth")-Associated Acute Renal Cortical Necrosis

Anu Gupta et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 7;3(6):1473-1476.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.003. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Anu Gupta¹, Michael Kuperman², Silvi Shah³

Affiliations

¹ Buffalo Medical Group, Buffalo, New York, USA.
² Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 30450474
PMCID: PMC6224663
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.003

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Figure 1
Necrotic tissue with ghost outlines of glomeruli and tubules with loss of cellular detail (hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×200).

Figure 2
Sharp demarcation between eosinophilic necrotic parenchyma and inflamed but viable tissue (hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×100).

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