Acute hepatitis induced by greater celandine (chelidonium majus)

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-282

  Hardeman, E ^a   Van Overbeke, L ^a,b   Ilegems, S ^a   Ferrante, M ^a  

^a Campus Mechelen and Duffel ^*  (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Maarten   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chelidonium majus; Greater celandine; Hepatotoxic; Herbal drug

Indexed keywords

GREATER CELANDINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHELIDONIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENTIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHELIDONIUM; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47149083307     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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