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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1983 29(4):213-214; doi:10.1093/tropej/29.4.213
© 1983 by Oxford University Press
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An Association between Herbal Medicine Ingestion and Renal Failure in Zambian Infants

M. J. MAGUIRE, Consultant Paediatrician and V. CHAWLA, Senior Registrar

University Teaching Hospital, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health P.O. Box, RW. 50001, Lusaka, Zambia

Dr. M. J. Maguire, Department of Paediatrics, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

A syndrome of renal failure and cerebral irritability in infants following the ingestion of a herbal medicine used (apparently effectively) in the treatment of diarrhoea is described. Management following conventional lines for renal failure appears to be the most appropriate.


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