Irreversible tubulointerstitial nephropathy associated with prolonged, massive intake of vitamin C

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 754-756

  Nakamoto, Yasushi ^a   Motohashi, Shigeru ^a   Kasahara, Hitoshi ^a   Numazawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a Mitaka Kitaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Excess intake of vitamin C; Interstitial oxalate deposition; Prolonged; Tubulointerstitial nephritis

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; UREMIA;

EID: 0031932786     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.3.754     Document Type: Article

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