Necrotizing hepatitis after taking herbal medication (extracts of kava or of common or lesser celandine);Nekrotisierende hepatitis nach einnahme pflanzlicher heilmittel

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 47, 1998, Pages 1410-1414

  Strahl, S ^a,b   Ehret, V ^a,b   Dahm, H H ^a,b   Maier, K P ^a,b  

^a Stadtische Kliniken Esslingen am N

^b KLINIKUM ESSLINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; KAVA; LESSER CELANDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

EID: 0032553342     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024196     Document Type: Article

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