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CASE REPORT: The Irony of Herbal Hepatitis: Ma-Huang-Induced Hepatotoxicity Associated with Compound Heterozygosity for Hereditary Hemochromatosis

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    Jasmohan Bajaj, Joshua F. Knox, Richard Komorowski & Kia Saeian

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Bajaj, J., Knox, J.F., Komorowski, R. et al. CASE REPORT: The Irony of Herbal Hepatitis: Ma-Huang-Induced Hepatotoxicity Associated with Compound Heterozygosity for Hereditary Hemochromatosis. Dig Dis Sci 48, 1925–1928 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026105917735

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