Herbal and Dietary Supplement-Induced Liver Injury

Overview

Journal Clin Liver Dis

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2016 Nov 16

PMID 27842768

Citations 22

Authors

Ynto S de Boer

Averell H Sherker

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Abstract

The increase in the use of herbal and dietary supplements (HDSs) over the last decades has been accompanied by an increase in the reports of HDS-associated hepatotoxicity. The spectrum of HDS-induced liver injury is diverse and the outcome may vary from transient liver test increases to fulminant hepatic failure resulting in death or requiring liver transplant. There are no validated standardized tools to establish the diagnosis, but some HDS products have a typical clinical signature that may help to identify HDS-induced liver injury.

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