Histopathological features of the kidney after acute renal failure from melamine

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 662-664

  Sun, Ning ^a   Shen, Ying ^a   He, Le Jian ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANURIA; CASE REPORT; COMA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MILK; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77149158502     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0909177     Document Type: Letter

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