Veno-occlusive disease in a fetus caused by pyrrolizidine alkaloids of food origin

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-225

  Rasenack, Regina ^a,c   Muller C ^a   Kleinschmidt, M ^a   Rasenack, J ^a   Wiedenfeld, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal ascites; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Veno occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; COOKING; DEATH; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FOOD POISONING; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEA; VEIN OCCLUSION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOOD; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 0037965135     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070799     Document Type: Article

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