Hepatic veno-occlusive disease as a result of a traditional remedy: Confirmation of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids as the cause, using an in vitro technique

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 676-679

  Zuckerman, M ^a   Steenkamp, V ^b   Stewart, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 0036724869     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.9.676     Document Type: Article

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