Saw palmetto-induced pancreatitis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-612

  Jibrin, Ismaila ^a   Erinle, Ayodele ^a   Saidi, Abdulfattah ^a   Aliyu, Zakari Y ^a  

^a St Agnes Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

BPH; Hepatitis; Herbal; Pancreatitis; Saw palmetto

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID; SABAL EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SERENOA;

EID: 33745712036     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000215642.76198.44     Document Type: Article

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