Ma-Huang strikes again: Ephedrine nephrolithiasis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Powell, Thomas ^a   Hsu, Fong Fu ^a   Turk, John ^a   Hruska, Keith ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephedrine; Mass spectrometry; Pseudoephedrine nephrolithiasis

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PRO LIFT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; RENOGRAPHY; STONE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 13144257687     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.1998.v32.pm9669437     Document Type: Article

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