Herbal hepatotoxicity: Acute hepatitis caused by a Noni preparation (Morinda citrifolia)

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-447

  Millonig, Gunda ^a   Stadlmann, Sylvia ^b   Vogel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Liver; Nutrition; Transaminases

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FRUIT JUICE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; EOSINOPHILS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORINDA; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 16444376655     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200504000-00009     Document Type: Article

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