Dioscorea quinqueloba induces acute kidney injury

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-

  Kim, Chang Seong ^a   Kim, Sun Min ^a   Choi, Joon Seok ^a   Bae, Eun Hui ^a   Kim, Soo Wan ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIOSCOREA QUINQUELOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIOSCOREA QUINQUELOBA; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; YAM;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; DIOSCOREA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

DIOSCOREA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 84862950372     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.634372     Document Type: Letter

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