NDT Advance Access originally published online on October 4, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(12):2824-2826; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi180
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Infliximab and nephrotic syndrome
1 Renal Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands and 2 Department of Pathology, University of Western Australia and PathCentre, Western Australia, Australia
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr George Chin, Department of Nephrology, Derriford Hospital NHS Trust, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK. Email: george.chin{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk
Infliximab is a chimeric tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-
) monoclonal antibody, which has been used extensively in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. It also appears to be effective in other conditions such as psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis. The major side effect of infliximab is infection. Renal complications are uncommon and not well recognized. This report describes a probable case of infliximab-induced membranous nephropathy.
Keywords: drug-induced; infliximab; nephrotic syndrome
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