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    Arch Intern Med. 1995 Jan 23;155(2):211-2.

    Chinese herbal medicine induced acute renal failure.

    Abt AB, Oh JY, Huntington RA, Burkhart KK.

    Department of Pathology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey.

    A patient with acute interstitial nephritis secondary to ingestion of a Chinese herbal medicine adulterated with mefenamic acid is presented. Following hemodialysis and cessation of the medication the patient's renal function returned to normal.

    PMID: 7811132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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