Hepatotoxicity of NONI juice: Report of two cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 4758-4760

  Stadlbauer, Vanessa ^a   Fickert, Peter ^a   Lackner, Carolin ^a   Schmerlaib, Jutta ^b   Krisper, Peter ^a   Trauner, Michael ^a   Stauber, Rudolf E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Drug induced hepatitis; Herbal hepatotoxicity; NONI juice

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; NONI JUICE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

EID: 23844539463     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4758     Document Type: Article

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