Chinese herb nephropathy in Japan presents adult-onset Fanconi syndrome: Could different components of aristolochic acids cause a different type of Chinese herb nephropathy?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-306

  Tanaka, A ^a,b   Nishida, R ^a   Maeda, K ^a   Sugawara, A ^a   Kuwahara, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aristrolochic acids; Chinese herb nephropathy; Fanconi syndrome; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KM 38; S 2A; S 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FANCONI SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 0034072595     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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