American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 890-894, May 2009

Argyria and Decreased Kidney Function: Are Silver Compounds Toxic to the Kidney?

  • Michael Mayr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michael Mayr, MD, Clinic for Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Min Jeong Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Daniel Wanner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Hopfer Helmut, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Josef Schroeder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Electron Microscopy, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael J. Mihatsch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Received 2 June 2008; accepted 14 August 2008. published online 03 November 2008.

Index Words: Argyria, soluble silver, silver salts, renal insufficiency, silver deposits

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.028 on November 3, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01354-1

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.028

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 890-894, May 2009

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