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Phenacetin-induced Papillary Damage in Experimental Animals

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DURING the past ten years many reports have appeared describing the association of chronic interstitial nephritis and renal papillary necrosis with chronic ingestion of phenacetin-containing analgesic tablets1–5.

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  1. N. W. LEVIN

    Present address: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, 12

  2. A. H. RUBENSTEIN: Senior research bursar, Cardio-Pulmonary Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

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    C. ABRAHAMS, A. H. RUBENSTEIN & N. W. LEVIN

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ABRAHAMS, C., RUBENSTEIN, A. & LEVIN, N. Phenacetin-induced Papillary Damage in Experimental Animals. Nature 200, 695–696 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200695a0

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