Nephropathy caused by chinese herbs in the UK

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9177, 1999, Pages 481-482

  Lord, Graham M ^a   Tagore, Rajat ^a   Cook, Terry ^a   Gower, Peter ^a   Pusey, Charles D ^a  

^a Div of Ren Med and Transplant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033533135     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03380-2     Document Type: Article

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