Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis following ingestion of Chlorella tablets

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 887-888

  Yim, Hyung Eun ^a   Yoo, Kee Hwan ^a   Seo, Won Hee ^a   Won, Nam Hee ^b   Hong, Young Sook ^a   Lee, Joo Won ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Tubulointerstitial nephritis

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA EXTRACT'; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOURICEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTURIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHLORELLA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; POISONING; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247400600     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0420-z     Document Type: Article

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