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Year : 2022 |
Volume
: 33 | Issue : 1 | Page
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A Berry and Acute Kidney Injury
B Balaji Kirushnan, R Balasubramaniyam, Raaghav Raj
Department of Nephrology, Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
B Balaji Kirushnan Department of Nephrology, Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.367811
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Plant toxins have well been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI). Certain plant toxins are endemic to a particular country and region. Knowledge of the regional plant toxins will be useful to give travel advisory measures for the public and patients with chronic kidney disease. We report a case of poisoning with tutu berry, endemic to New Zealand causing AKI.
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