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An Association between Herbal Medicine Ingestion and Renal Failure in Zambian Infants
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.