Chinese herbs nephropathy in the kansai area: A warning report

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 438-440

  Tanaka, Atsuo ^a   Shinkai, Satsuki ^a   Kasuno, Kenji ^a   Maeda, Koji ^a   Murata, Masahiro ^a   Seta, Koichi ^a   Okuda, Jyoji ^a   Sugawara, Akira ^a   Yoshida, Toshiyuki ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^b   Kuwahara, Takashi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult onset Fanconi syndrome; Aristolochic acids; Chinese herbs nephropathy

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; ONSET AGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FANCONI SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 8544262898     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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