Herbal remedies: Renal tragedies

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 188-189

  Saxena, Anil K ^a   Panhotra, B R ^b  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOLE ALKALOID; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; YOHIMBINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANEMIA; CHINESE HERB; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG ERUPTION; EDEMA; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GLUCOSURIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUTAGENICITY; PROTEINURIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 0037676205     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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