Department of Nephrology and Kidney and Dialysis Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1202-1 Yamazaki, Kamakura, 247-8533, Japan. ohtake@shonankamakura.or.jp
Abstract:
Introduction
Ticlopidine hydrochloride is a platelet aggregation inhibitorthat is used for the prevention of vascular thrombosis. So far,only six cases of ticlopidine-induced lupus have been documentedin the literature 13]. We report here a first case ofticlopidine-induced lupus with renal involvement.