Renal tubular acidosis, hypokalemic paralysis, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure - A rare presentation of Chinese herbal nephropathy

Renal Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-230

  Lee, Chien Te ^a   Wu, Mai Szu ^a   Lu, Kang ^a   Hsu, Kuo Tai ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Chinese herbs; Hypokalemic paralysis; Renal tubular acidosis; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0033003629     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229909066988     Document Type: Article

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