Acute hepatitis associated with the use of a Chinese herbal product, ma-huang

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1436-1438

  Abdul Nadir, Sangeeta Agrawal ^a   King, Paul D ^a   Marshall, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPHEDRA SINICA; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER; NECROSIS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 0030038305     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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