Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 276-281 , July 2005

Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Xiaomei Li
    • ,
  • Haiyan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Haiyan Wang, MD, Department of Medicine, Renal Division, First Hospital, and Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, No.8 Xishiku Street, Beijing 100034, P. R. China.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ackd.2005.03.007

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 276-281 , July 2005

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