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Renal Insufficiency in Patients Treated with High Dose Methotrexate

A 1988 journal article from MJS Publishing reports kidney dysfunction observed among patients receiving high-dose methotrexate. The supplied excerpt includes only publisher and content type and provides no study details or outcomes.

Ultrasound of left kidney renal parenchymal disease. The cortex of the kidney should have been less echogenic when compared to a normal renal cortex. The kidney size is 9.9 cm. The parenchymal thickness is 1.5 cm.
Illustrative image: Ultrasound of left kidney renal parenchymal disease. The cortex of the kidney should have been less echogenic when compared to a normal renal cortex. The kidney size is 9.9 cm. The parenchymal thickness is 1.5 cm. — Cerevisae/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
2/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
2/10

Why it matters

Information is relevant to patient safety and clinicians prescribing high-dose methotrexate.

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