Liver failure associated with the use of black cohosh for menopausal symptoms

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-

  Naser, Belal ^a   Liske, Eckehard ^a  

^a Schaper & Brummer GmbH & Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COPPER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KAVA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CASE REPORT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NECROSIS; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH BYPASS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CIMICIFUGA; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LETHARGY; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; URINALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WILSON DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; NOTE;

CIMICIFUGA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM;

EID: 59349100038     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02292.x     Document Type: Letter

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