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Aristolochic acid (AA)‐DNA adduct as marker of AA exposure and risk factor for AA nephropathy‐associated cancer
20 May 2004
Abstract excerpt
So-called Chinese herbs nephropathy (CHN) has been extensively reviewed.1, 2 Briefly, the disease is a rapidly progressive interstitial fibrosing nephropathy frequently associated with urothelial cancer reported in a series of young Belgian women given slimming pills containing aristolochic acid (AA), a nephrotoxic and carcinogenic plant alkaloid extracted from Aristolochia species. The inclusion of AA resulted...
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