Subacute cholestatic hepatitis likely related to the use of senna for chronic constipation

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-387

  Sonmez, Alper ^a   Yilmaz, M Ilker ^a   Mas, Refik ^a   Ozcan, Ayhan ^a   Celasun, Bülent ^a   Dogru, Teoman ^a   Taslipinar, Abdullah ^a   Kocar, I Hakki ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Herbals; Toxic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; SENNA EXTRACT; SENNOSIDE;

AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

AGED; BIOPSY; CATHARTICS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MALE; SENNA EXTRACT;

EID: 26944440486     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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