Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 11
Letter to the Editor
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease induced by Chinese medicinal herbs

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.4969/2017

María de los Ángeles Mejías Manzano, Álvaro Giráldez Gallego, María Serrano Jiménez,

Abstract
The potential hepatotoxic effects of products containing medicinal herbs, which are increasingly used without adequate control by health authorities, is well known. We report a case of toxic hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD) presumably associated with the use of such herbal remedies.
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Publication history

Received: 21/03/2017

Accepted: 03/07/2017

Online First: 16/10/2017

Published: 02/11/2017

Article revision time: 100 days

Article Online First time: 209 days

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