Herbal hepatoxicity from Chinese skullcap: A case report

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 231-233

  Yang, Leslie ^a   Aronsohn, Andrew ^a   Hart, John ^a   Jensen, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese skullcap; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal supplements; Scutellaria baicalensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876581399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i7.231     Document Type: Article

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