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Acute kidney injury in patients with severe rash on vemurafenib treatment for metastatic melanomas.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 2013
Regnier-Rosencher E, Lazareth H, Gressier L, Avril M F, Thervet E, Dupin N
Abstract excerpt
Vemurafenib, a selective BRAF (v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homologue B1) kinase inhibitor, is a new targeted biotherapy that improves survival in patients with metastatic melanomas harbouring the BRAF V600E mutation. However, this drug has significant dermatological adverse effects. We report a new severe cutaneous reaction to this drug associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). Four patients presented a...
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