Hepatotoxicity associated with supplements containing Chinese green tea (Camellia sinensis) [6]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-71

  Bonkovsky Md, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LOW CALORY DIET; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; TEA;

EID: 33644776667     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-1-200601030-00020     Document Type: Letter

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