Toxic hepatitis induced by Show-Wu-Pian, a Chinese herbal preparation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1537-1540

  Furukawa, Maiko ^a   Kasajima, Saeko ^a   Nakamura, Yuri ^a   Shouzushima, Meiko ^a   Nagatani, Naho ^a   Takinishi, Akira ^a   Taguchi, Ayumi ^a   Fujita, Mikiko ^a   Niimi, Akiko ^a   Misaka, Ryoichi ^a   Nagahara, Hikaru ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug induced hepatitis; Herbal medicine; Shou Wu Pian; Toxic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SHOW WU PIAN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRY EYE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER NECROSIS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT ROOTS; POLYGONUM;

EID: 77956195001     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3509     Document Type: Article

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