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Prescription profile of potentially aristolochic acid containing Chinese herbal products: an analysis of National Health Insurance data in Taiwan between 1997 and 2003

BACKGROUND: Some Chinese herbal products (CHPs) may contain aristolochic acid (AA) or may be adulterated by the herbs suspected of containing AA which is nephrotoxic and carcinogenic. This study aims to identify the risk and the prescription profile of AA-containing CHPs (AA-CHPs) in Taiwan. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Hsieh, Shu-Ching, Lin, I-Hsin, Tseng, Wei-Lum, Lee, Chang-Hsing, Wang, Jung-Der
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18945373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8546-3-13