Acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 410-415

  Chen, Gary C ^a   Ramanathan, Vivek S ^a   Law, David ^a   Funchain, Pauline ^a   Chen, George C ^a   French, Samuel ^a   Shlopov, Boris ^a   Eysselein, Viktor ^a   Chung, David ^a   Reicher, Sonya ^a   Pham, Binh V ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Herbal; Herbalife; Hydroxycut; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255178881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v2.i11.410     Document Type: Article

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