title: Lanthanum associated abnormal liver function tests in two patients on dialysis: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Arrowe Park University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Girish
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authors.lastname: Namagondlu
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