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: Rachele Escoli, Paulo Santos, Sequeira Andrade, Fernanda Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/298261
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