Acute kidney injury associated with the use of traditional medicines

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 664-671

  Luyckx, Valerie A ^a   Naicker, Saraladevi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Complementary remedies; Herbal remedy; Nephrotoxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALOE CAPENSIS EXTRACT; BIRD FLOWER EXTRACT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CHAPARRAL EXTRACT; CHINESE YEW EXTRACT; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CONEFLOWER EXTRACT; CONIUM MACULATUM EXTRACT; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; EDETIC ACID; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; GERMANIUM; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HYDRAZINE SULFATE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMPILA EXTRACT; LYSINE; MOURNING CYPRESS EXTRACT; PENNYROYAL EXTRACT; RHUBARB EXTRACT; SALIX EXTRACT; STAR FRUIT EXTRACT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WILD WISTERIA EXTRACT; WILLOW EXTRACT; WORMWOOD OIL; YELLOW OLEANDER EXTRACT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIALYSIS; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PAPILLA NECROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 56749156461     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0970     Document Type: Review

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