A position statement on kidney disease from powdered infant formula-based melamine exposure in Chinese infants

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1263-1266

  Langman, Craig B ^a   Alon, Uri ^b   Ingelfinger, Julie ^c   Englund, Märta ^c,d   Saland, Jeffrey M ^e   Somers, Michael J G ^g   Stapleton, Bruder F ^h   Sibú, Nelson Orta ⁱ   Cochat, Pierre ^j   Wong, William ^k   Eke, Felicia U ^l   Satlin, Lisa ^f   Salusky, Isidro ^m  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^k STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute kidney failure; Infant nutrition; Nephrolithiasis; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUTOPSY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CHINESE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UROLITHIASIS;

CHINA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 67349126533     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1129-6     Document Type: Editorial

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