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. 1971 Nov 27;4(5786):518–521. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5786.518

Comparative Nephrotoxicity of Aspirin and Phenacetin Derivatives

I C Calder, C C Funder, C R Green, K N Ham, J D Tange
PMCID: PMC1799789  PMID: 5128205

Abstract

Both aspirin and phenacetin derivatives were shown to be nephrotoxic when administered to rats as a single intravenous injection. Phenacetin derivatives tended to produce more severe renal damage and to be nephrotoxic in smaller doses than aspirin derivatives. With the exception of a single derivative, the renal lesions were confined to the proximal convoluted tubule, even after administration of compounds which under other conditions have induced renal papillary necrosis.

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