Chaparral Ingestion: The Broadening Spectrum of Liver Injury Caused by Herbal Medications

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 489-490

  Gordon, Dafna W ^a   Baker, Alfred L ^a   Rosenthal, Gayle ^b   Hart, John ^c   Sirota, Ronald ^d  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d West Suburban Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028891635     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520300063038     Document Type: Article

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