Acute liver failure with renal impairment related to the abuse of senna anthraquinone glycosides

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1353-1357

  Vanderperren, Bénédicte ^a   Rizzo, Michela ^b   Angenot, Luc ^c   Haufroid, Vincent ^d   Jadoul, Michel ^b   Hantson, Philippe ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Cliniques St Luc   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d ZNA Stuivenberg   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cassia angustifolia; Hepatic failure; Laxatives: Anthraquinones; Renal impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; CADMIUM; GLYCOSIDE; SENNA EXTRACT; SENNOSIDE; TROMETAMOL; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SENNA; TEA;

ACIDOSIS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CATHARTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SENNA PLANT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 21744456908     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E670     Document Type: Article

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