Dangerous dietary supplements: Garcinia cambogia-Associated hepatic failure requiring transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 10071-10076

  Lunsford, Keri E ^a,b   Bodzin, Adam S ^a   Reino, Diego C ^a   Wang, Hanlin L ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Drug induced liver injury; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hyroxycitric acid; Liver transplantation; Weight loss supplements

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; COPPER; FERRITIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GADOXETIC ACID; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA EXTRACT; IRON; VITAMIN K GROUP; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CITRIC ACID; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE;

ADULT; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; CITRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 85002617085     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i45.10071     Document Type: Article

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