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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 159-160
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Nephroquiz for the Beginner

Stupor and flaccid paralysis in a patient with end-stage renal failure

(Section Editor: M. G. Zeier)

Eleanora Plotkin1, Eliezer Golan1, Tuvia Shimoni2 and Ze'ev Korzets1

Départments of 1 Nephrology and 2 Emergency Meir Hospital Sapir Medical Center Kfar-Saba and the Sackler School of Medicine University of Tel-Aviv Tel-Aviv Israel

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A 77-year-old man was admitted with a 6 h history of a sudden deterioration in mental status. He was known to be suffering from end-stage renal failure (creatinine clearance of 4 ml/min) due to hypertensive nephrosclerosis. He had previously refused dialysis. Relevant past medical history included a right femoro-popliteal bypass, a cerebrovascular accident from which he had fully recovered and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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