Progressive interstitial renal fibrosis due to Chinese herbs in a patient with calcinosis Raynaud esophageal sclerodactyly telangiectasia (CREST) syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1059-1063

  Nishimagi, E ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Terai, C ^a   Kajiyama, H ^a   Hara, M ^a   Kamatani, N ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acid; Connective tissue disease; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; TOKI SHIGYAKU KA GOSYUYU SYOKYO TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME CREST; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0034763338     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.1059     Document Type: Article

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