Apitherapy for drug-induced kidney disease: a narrative review on its mechanisms

Andrés Jagua-Gualdrón1,2,3, Nicolai Andrés García-Reyes1,2, Holman Leonardo Africano-Lopez4

  • 1National University of Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

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