A case report of acute renal failure associated with bee pollen contained in nutritional supplements

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Akiyasu, Tsuchida ^a   Paudyal, Bishnuhari ^a,b   Paudyal, Pramila ^b   Kumiko, Matsumoto ^a   Kazue, Ueki ^c   Takuji, Naruse ^c   Takashi, Kuroiwa ^b   Yoshihisa, Nojima ^b   Minoru, Komai ^a,c  

^a Sanshi Group Hikari Clinic   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sanshi Group Toho Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Bee pollen; Hemodialysis; Nutritional supplement; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIAPENEM; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MINOCYCLINE; PROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANOREXIA; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLLEN ALLERGY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; SEPSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANURIA; BEES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDEMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77149131520     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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