Hepatotoxicity asociated with the consumption of herbal slimming products [3];Hepatotoxicidad relacionada con el consumo de productos adelgazantes a base de plantas

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 238-239

  Duque, José María ^a   Ferreiro, José ^a   Salgueiro, Esther ^b   Manso, Gloria ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33847706131     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(07)72547-2     Document Type: Letter

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