Adverse interactions between low-dose aspirin/warfarin and garlic/ginseng/ginkgo biloba [1]

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-

  Rai, Jaswant ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; WARFARIN;

BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MECHANISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; PANAX; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; WARFARIN;

EID: 4344622703     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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