Acute kidney injury and hyperbilirubinemia in a young male after ingestion of Tribulus terrestris

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-183

  Ryan, Margaret ^a   Lazar, Ira ^b   Nadasdy, Gyongyi M ^c   Nadasdy, Tibor ^c   Satoskar, Anjali A ^c  

^a UniPath ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Bile casts; Herbal medications; Hyperbilirubinemia; Tribulus terrestris

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INGESTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; PATHOLOGY; POISONING; TRIBULUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MALE; TRIBULUS;

EID: 84922962943     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN108324     Document Type: Article

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