Misuse of herbal remedies: The case of an outbreak of terminal renal failure in Belgium (Chinese herbs nephropathy)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Vanherweghem, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032017889     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.1998.4.1-9     Document Type: Article

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