Acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements.
| Autor: | Chen GC; Gary C Chen, Vivek S Ramanathan, David Law, Pauline Funchain, George C Chen, Samuel French, Boris Shlopov, Viktor Eysselein, David Chung, Sonya Reicher, Binh V Pham, Department of Gastroenterology and Pathology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, United States., Ramanathan VS, Law D, Funchain P, Chen GC, French S, Shlopov B, Eysselein V, Chung D, Reicher S, Pham BV |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | World journal of hepatology [World J Hepatol] 2010 Nov 27; Vol. 2 (11), pp. 410-5. |
| DOI: | 10.4254/wjh.v2.i11.410 |
| Abstrakt: | We report three cases of patients with acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements. One patient took Hydroxycut while the other two took Herbalife supplements. Liver biopsies for all patients demonstrated findings consistent with drug-induced acute liver injury. To our knowledge, we are the first institute to report acute liver injury from both of these two types of weight-loss herbal supplements together as a case series. The series emphasizes the importance of taking a cautious approach when consuming herbal supplements for the purpose of weight loss. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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