Acute Renal Failure Induced by Chinese Herbal Medication in Nigeria

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Akpan, Effiong Ekong ^a   Ekrikpo, Udeme E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHINESE DRUG; CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UREA;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE EDEMA; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HERBAL TEA; HICCUP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG EDEMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NIGERIA; PALLOR; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PULSE RATE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

EID: 84979683451     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/150204     Document Type: Article

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