American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 507-518, March 2010

Risks of Kidney Failure Associated With Consumption of Herbal Products Containing Mu Tong or Fangchi: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

  • Ming-Nan Lai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Jung-Nien Lai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynaecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Pau-Chung Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Shu-Ching Hsieh, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Technology Assessment, Center for Drug Evaluation, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Fu-Chang Hu, MS, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Jung-Der Wang, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jung-Der Wang, MD, ScD, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, No.17 Xu-Zhou Rd, Taipei City, 100, Taiwan

Received 1 June 2009; accepted 20 October 2009. published online 01 February 2010.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.10.055 on February 1, 2010.

PII: S0272-6386(09)01562-5

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.10.055

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 507-518, March 2010

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