Acute liver failure induced by green tea extracts: Case report and review of the literature

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1892-1895

  Molinari, Michele ^a,b   Watt, Kymberly D S ^a   Kruszyna, Thomas ^a   Nelson, Rebecca ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a   Huang, Weei Yuan ^a   Nashan, Bjorn ^a   Peltekian, Kevork ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAISE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLID TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845473093     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21021     Document Type: Article

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