Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 521-526 , October 2007

Herbal does not mean innocuous: Ten cases of severe hepatotoxicity associated with dietary supplements from Herbalife® products

  • Alain M. Schoepfer

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Bern, Gastroenterology Clinic, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Antoinette Engel

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Karin Fattinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital – University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Urs A. Marbet

      Affiliations

    • Kantonsspital, Altdorf, Switzerland
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  • Dominique Criblez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital of Luzern, Switzerland
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  • Juerg Reichen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 35, CH301 Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 31 632 31 91; fax: +41 31 632 49 97.
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  • Arthur Zimmermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland
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  • Carl M. Oneta

      Affiliations

    • Medical Office, Winterthur, Switzerland

Received 19 April 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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☆ The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00368-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.06.014

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 521-526 , October 2007

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