The efficiency of Sairei-to for retroperitoneal fibrosis: Two case reports

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 543-547

  Asano, Touko ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Numao, Noboru ^a   Kageyama, Yukio ^a   Kihara, Kazunori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese traditional medicine; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Sairei to; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SAIREI TO; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SAIREI-TO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OMENTUM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STENT; STOMACH ULCER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UREMIA; URETER OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 33748459081     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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