Safety of herbal medicine in treatment of weight loss

ARYA Atherosclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-58

  Najafian, Jamshid ^a   Abdar Esfahani, Morteza ^a   Arab Momeni, Morteza ^b   Akhavan Tabib, Afshan ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complication; Herbal medicine; Obesity; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DIAZEPAM; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; ETIRACETAM; LEVODOPA; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIDAZOLAM; OXEDRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CASE REPORT; DIET; DRUG SAFETY; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; GUARANA; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAUSINYSTALIA; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; TEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896951055     PISSN: 17353955     EISSN: 22516638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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