Renal failure and urinary tract carcinoma secondary to the intake of certain Chinese herbal medicines;Urémie chronique et cancer des voies urinaires secondaires à la prise d'extraits végétaux utilisés en phytothérapie chinoise

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1095-1101

  Vanherweghem, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE;

AMINOACIDURIA; BELGIUM; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINESE HERB; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

ARISTOLOCHIA;

EID: 0036845420     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200218111095     Document Type: Review

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