Chinese Herbs Containing Aristolochic Acid Associated with Renal Failure and Urothelial Carcinoma: A Review from Epidemiologic Observations to Causal Inference

Herbal remedies containing aristolochic acid (AA) have been designated to be a strong carcinogen. This review summarizes major epidemiologic evidence to argue for the causal association between AA exposure and urothelial carcinoma as well as nephropathy. The exposure scenarios include the following:...

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Autores principales: Yang, Hsiao-Yu, Chen, Pau-Chung, Wang, Jung-Der
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/569325

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/569325

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