Acute hepatitis of cholestatic type possibly associated with the use of glucomannan (amorphophalus konjac) [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1061-1062

  Villaverde, Alberto Fernández ^a   Benlloch, Salvador ^a   Berenguer, Marina ^a   Miguel Rayón, José ^a   Pina, Ramón ^a   Berenguer, Joaquín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CHOLESTASIS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MALE; MANNANS;

EID: 9644279590     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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