The irony of herbal hepatitis: Ma-Huang-induced hepatotoxicity associated with compound heterozygosity for hereditary hemochromatosis

Dig Dis Sci. 2003 Oct;48(10):1925-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1026105917735.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / enzymology
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / genetics*
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / pathology
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / adverse effects*
  • Ephedra sinica*
  • Ephedrine / adverse effects*
  • Hemochromatosis / genetics*
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Phytotherapy / adverse effects
  • Transaminases / metabolism

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Transaminases
  • Ephedrine