Hepatotoxicity associated with the use of white flood, a nutritional supplement

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 45-47

  Cohen, Stanley Martin ^a   Heywood, Elizabeth ^a   Pillai, Anjana ^a   Ahn, Joseph ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COLESTYRAMINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; SCLERA DISEASE; SEROLOGY; WHITE FLOOD;

EID: 84868230443     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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