Chewing khat and chronic liver disease

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-436

  Stuyt, Rogier J L ^a   Willems, Stefan M ^b   Wagtmans, Martin J ^c   Van Hoek, Bart ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Hepatitis; Khat; Toxic liver injury

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CATHINONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CATHA EDULIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASTICATION; NETHERLANDS; PLANT LEAF; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEPSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY, CHRONIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER; MASTICATION; SOMALIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79551524283     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02440.x     Document Type: Letter

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