Hepatitis caused by the herbal remedy Teucrium polium L.

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-683

  Starakis, Ioannis ^a   Siagris, Dimitrios ^a   Leonidou, Lydia ^a   Mazokopakis, Elias ^b   Tsamandas, Athanasios ^a   Karatza, Chrysoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Intensive Care Unit   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug induced hepatitis; Teucrium polium

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACIDIPINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PERINDOPRIL; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SMOKING; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

EID: 33744486602     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200606000-00016     Document Type: Article

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