Henna - Induced hemolytic anemia and acute renal failure

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-66

  Devecioǧlu, Celal ^a   Katar, Selahattin ^a   Doǧru, Ömer ^a   Taş, M Ali ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; G6PD enzyme deficiency; Hemolysis; Henna

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HENNA; LAWSONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; COLORING AGENTS; DIAPER RASH; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NAPHTHOQUINONES;

EID: 0035116933     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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