Acute kidney injury, oral mucositis and gastritis as complications of ingestion of papaya leaf juice extract in a patient presenting with dengue fever
The use of crude leaf preparations from Carica papaya for increasing platelet count in patients with dengue fever is a popular self-treatment that is increasingly being observed recently. We report the case of a 62-year-old male who presented to our outpatient department for the evaluation of 4-day...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2019;volume=8;issue=4;spage=204;epage=206;aulast=Raja |