Outbreak of Chinese herb nephropathy in Japan: Are there any differences from Belgium?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-300

  Tanaka, Atsuo ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^b   Yoshida, Toshiyuki ^a   Koshikawa, Masao ^a   Goto, Masahisa ^a   Kuwahara, Takashi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acids; Bouiougi to; Fanconi syndrome,; Tenshintoki shigyaku ka gosyuyu syokyo to

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; BOUI OUGI TO; TENSHIN TOKI SHIGYAKU KA GOSYUYU SYOKYO TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

EID: 0343397722     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.296     Document Type: Article

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