Symptomatic hepatitis associated with the use of herbal red yeast rice

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 516-517

  Roselle, Harry ^a   Ekatan, Andrew ^a   Tzeng, Jausheng ^a   Sapienza, Mark ^a   Kocher, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CERULOPLASMIN; CHOLESTIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIBODY; FLUOXETINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; MONTELUKAST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHMA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 53749089337     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-7-200810070-00021     Document Type: Letter

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