Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 261-275 , July 2005

Kidney Injury From Alternative Medicines

  • Conny R.D. Colson
    • ,
  • Marc E. De Broe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Marc E. De Broe, MD, PhD, Department of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of Antwerp (Campus Drie Eiken), p/a Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem/Antwerpen, Belgium.

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