Traditional remedy-induced Chinese herbs nephropathy showing rapid deterioration of renal function

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 794-797

  Tanaka, Atsuo ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^b   Sawai, Kazutomo ^a   Nagae, Tetsuya ^a   Shinkai, Satsuki ^a   Ishikawa, Motoaki ^a   Maeda, Koji ^a   Murata, Masahiro ^a   Seta, Koichi ^a   Okuda, Joji ^a   Yoshida, Toshiyuki ^a   Sugawara, Akira ^a   Kuwahara, Takashi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese herbs nephropathy; Traditional remedy

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINOACIDURIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HEALTH FOOD; HEMATURIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; PROTEINURIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UREMIA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 6844226194     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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