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Early detection of gentamicin nephrotoxicity using urinary beta2-microglobulin in neonates.
Mi Kyung Kim, Seung Joo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(7):940-948.   Published online July 31, 1991
Gentamicin, commonly used antibiotics in neonatal care, has a nephrotoxicity, but it is difficulto to assess renal function in early stage. This study evaluated the renal function and urinary β2-microglobulin excretion in 17 gentamicin treated and 11 control neonates. The results are as follows. 1) Urinary 02-M in gentamicin treated neonates were 0.84±0.17mg/L at postnatal day 1 and increased to 5.99±1.15mg/L at day 4, 14.17±2.39mg/L at day...


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