Aristolochic acid nephropathy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7865, 2012, Pages

  Gökmen, M Refik ^a   Lord, Graham M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID I; CARCINOGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID NEPHROPATHY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CARCINOGENS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873044861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4000     Document Type: Editorial

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