NDT Plus Advance Access published online on November 5, 2009
NDT Plus, doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp158
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Reversible proteinuria after adalimumab discontinuation in a patient with Crohn's disease
1st Department of Internal Medicine & Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit University Hospital of Ioannina Ioannina, Greece E-mail: etsianos@uoi.gr
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Sir,
Renal complications are not infrequent in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and seem to be more prevalent in patients with Crohn's disease. The spectrum of renal complications in Crohn's disease patients involves nephrolithiasis, amyloidosis, renal hypertension, glomerulonephritis (from minimal change nephropathy to rapidly progressive crescentic), tubulointerstitial abnormalities and iatrogenic complications related to medications such as aminosalicylates and