Improvement in lupus nephritis following treatment with a Chinese herbal preparation

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 850-852

  Yap, Hui Kim ^a,b   Ang, Siau Gek ^a   Lai, Yee Hing ^a   Ramgolam, Vinod ^a   Jordan, Stanley C ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0032799796     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.8.850     Document Type: Article

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