Acute cholestatic hepatitis caused by Teucrium polium L.

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-84

  Mazokopakis, Elias ^a   Lazaridou, S ^a   Tzardi, M ^a   Mixaki, J ^a   Diamantis, I ^a   Ganotakis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholestatic hepatitis; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal medicine; Teucrium polium

Indexed keywords

TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; FATTY LIVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM POLIUM;

EID: 1042280176     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00337     Document Type: Article

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