Subacute liver failure secondary to black cohosh leading to liver transplantation

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lim, Tiong Y ^a   Considine, Aisling ^a   Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Shawcross, Debbie L ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SUBACUTE LIVER FAILURE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE COLOR;

EID: 84880674473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009325     Document Type: Article

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