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Acute Renal Transplant Rejection Possibly Related to Herbal Medications
Author(s) -
Light Timothy D.,
Light Jimmy A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1046/j.1600-6135.2003.00270.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , intensive care medicine , transplantation
Use of herbal and alternative medications in the United States is increasing. Many of these medications have unknown mechanisms of actions, and possible metabolic interactions with prescribed medications. We report a case of late acute rejection after exposure to two popular herbal medications .