Star fruit toxicity: a cause of both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease: a report of two cases

BACKGROUND: Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) is commonly consumed as a herbal remedy for various ailments in tropical countries. However, the dangers associated with consumption of star fruit are not commonly known. Although star fruit induced oxalate nephrotoxicity in those with existing renal impai...

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Autores principales: Abeysekera, R. A., Wijetunge, S., Nanayakkara, N., Wazil, A. W. M., Ratnatunga, N. V. I., Jayalath, T., Medagama, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26680759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1640-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26680759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1640-8

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