Acute hepatitis associated with the use of an herbal supplement (polygonum multiflorum) mimicking iron-overload syndrome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 861-862

  Laird, Ashley R ^a   Ramchandani, Nina ^a   Degoma, Emil M ^a   Avula, Bharathi ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^b,c   Gesundheit, Neil ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; EMODIN; FERRITIN; NUHAIR; PHYSCION; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM EXTRACT; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRON OVERLOAD; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAIR DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYGONUM; SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HAIR DISEASES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYGONUM; SYNDROME;

EID: 53749097519     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181492515     Document Type: Letter

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