Severe hepatotoxicity by Indian Ayurvedic herbal products: A structured causality assessment

The case of a 64 year old female patient is presented who has treated herself for 9 months with various Indian Ayurvedic herbal products for her vitiligo and experienced a causally related severe hepatotoxicity (ALT, 601 U/L; AST, 663 U/L; Bilirubin, 5.0 mg/dL). After discontinuation, a rapid improv...

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Main Authors: Rolf Teschke, Ruediger Bahre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119317776