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Lanthanum associated abnormal liver function tests in two patients on dialysis: a case report

Authors: Girish Namagondlu, Norman Main, Lucy Yates, Joanne Mooney, Sangita Sathyamurthy, Indiver Daryanani, Alex Crowe, Tom Ledson, Anindya Banerjee

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

Lanthanum (La) is a phosphate binder used in patients on dialysis in the UK. As it has only recently been in use, there are no long-term data about safety of this rare metal in human subjects with renal failure on renal replacement therapy. La has not been previously reported to cause any adverse reactions apart from nausea, sickness, dialysis graft occlusion and abdominal pain. We report here La induced abnormal liver function tests in a male and a female patient of 70 and 44 years old each, on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and haemodialysis (HD) respectively, the first report of such an adverse reaction to this agent.

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Title: Lanthanum associated abnormal liver function tests in two patients on dialysis: a case report
Authors: Girish Namagondlu
Norman Main
Lucy Yates
Joanne Mooney
Sangita Sathyamurthy
Indiver Daryanani
Alex Crowe
Tom Ledson
Anindya Banerjee
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-9321

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