Interstitial renal fibrosis in a young woman: Association with a Chinese preparation given for irregular menses

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2115-2117

  Ng, Yee Yung ^a   Yu, Sue ^b   Chen, Tzen Wen ^a   Wu, Shiao Chi ^a   Yang, An Hang ^a   Yang, Wu Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031848759     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.8.2115     Document Type: Article

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