Reversible Fanconi syndrome after ingestion of a Chinese herbal ‘remedy’ containing aristolochic acid
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Nephropathy associated with use of a Chinese herbal product containing aristolochic acid.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2385,0931-0509
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.2.400