Understanding Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

Table 1

Permissive factors presumably contributing to the development of NSF lesions.

Associated proinflammatory conditions	Associated biochemical milieu
Vascular injury/vascular surgery procedures	Acidosis
Thrombotic events/procoagulant states	Iron
Severe infection	Erythropoietin
Chronic hepatitis C, hepatic disease and; liver transplantation	Calcium and phosphate
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism