Hepatotoxicity associated with the use of Herbalife;Lifrarskai tengdur: Notkun á herbalife

Laeknabladid

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Jóhannsson, Magnús ^a   Ormarsdóttir, Sif ^b   Ólafsson, Sigurur ^c  

^a Læknadeild Háskóla   (Iceland)

^b Lyfjastofnun   (Iceland)

^c Meltingarlækningaeiningu Landspítala   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Herbal remedies; Herbalife; Toxic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HERBALIFE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950287576     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17992/lbl.2010.03.279     Document Type: Article

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