Acute renal failure associated with the use of traditional folk remedies in South Africa

Renal Failure

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Luyckx, Valerie A ^a,b   Steenkamp, Vanessa ^c,d   Stewart, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute tubular necrosis; Dehydration; Folk remedies; Metabolic acidosis; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; OLIGOANURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 13144287464     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-42872     Document Type: Article

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