Jaundice as a misadventure of a green tea (camellia sinensis) lover: A case report

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-412

  Vanstraelen, Sigrid ^a   Rahier, Jacques ^a   Geubel, André Pierre ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auto immune hepatitis; Camellia sinensis; Green tea; Hepatotoxicity; Infusions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BILIRUBIN; CLONAZEPAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PRASTERONE; RAMIPRIL; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHENIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEROLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; TEA;

EID: 60849139401     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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