Chinese herbs nephropathy presentation, natural history and fate after transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Reginster, F ^a   Jadoul, M ^a   Van Ypersele De Strihou, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acid; Chinese herbs; Chinese herbs nephropathy; Interstitial nephropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031033564     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.1.81     Document Type: Article

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