Valvular heart disease and Chinese-herb nephropathy (multiple letters) [6]

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9107, 1998, Pages 991-992

  Van Ypersele de Strihou, C ^a   Ono, T ^a   Eri, M ^a   Honda, G ^a   Kuwahara, T ^a   Vanherweghem, J L ^a   Cuykens, J J ^a   Vandenbergh, Ph ^a   Bouman, K P ^a   Hagers, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEPRAMONE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; DNA; FENFLURAMINE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

CHINESE HERB; DNA ADDUCT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; NOTE;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FENFLURAMINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 0032574439     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)80056-2     Document Type: Letter

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