Tribulus terrestris-induced severe nephrotoxicity in a young healthy male

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3792-3793

  Talasaz, Azita Hajhossein ^a   Abbasi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Abkhiz, Saeed ^b   Dashti Khavidaki, Simin ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacy; Hepatotoxicity; Nephrotoxicity; Neurotoxicity; Tribulus terrestris

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMLODIPINE; CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; LIVER ENZYME; PHENOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PRAZOSIN; PREDNISOLONE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRANIAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CREATININE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; MALE; TRIBULUS;

EID: 79952201192     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq457     Document Type: Article

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