Acute renal failure due to the herbal remedy CKLS [2]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 506-507

  Adesunloye, Bamidele A ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI EXTRACT; BICARBONATE; CHAMOMILE; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITROGEN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PEPPER; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REHYDRATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0141927383     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00427-3     Document Type: Letter

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