Therapeutic remedies based on aristolochia clematitis in the main foci of balkan endemic nephropathy in Romania

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gluhovschi, Gheorghe ^a,c   Margineanu, Florin ^b   Kaycsa, Adriana ^a   Velciov, Silvia ^a   Gluhovschi, Cristina ^a   Bob, Flaviu ^a   Petrica, Ligia ^a   Bozdog, Gheorghe ^a   Dumitru, Simona ^a   Olosz, Elisabeta ^a   Modalca, Mirela ^b  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Dialysis Center   (Romania)

^c NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aristolochiaclematitis; Aristolochic acid; Balkan endemic nephropathy; Romania

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA CLEMATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; ROMANIA;

EID: 77952296537     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314549     Document Type: Article

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