Acute hepatitis in a patient using a Chinese herbal tea - A case report

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-44

  Levi, Marcel ^a   Guchelaar, Henk Jan ^a   Woerdenbag, Herman J ^b   Zhu, You Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aristolochia species; Chinese herbal tea; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PRURITUS; TEA; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TEA;

EID: 0031893686     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008698811463     Document Type: Article

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