Herbal hepatotoxicity and WHO global introspection method
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Herbal hepatotoxicity and WHO global introspection method.
Herbal hepatotoxicity is a rare but highly disputed disease because numerous confounding variables may complicate accurate causality assessment. Case evaluation is even more difficult when the WHO global introspection method (WHO method) is applied as diagnostic algorithm. This method lacks liver specificity, hepatotoxicity validation, and quantitative items, basic qualifications required for a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hepatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31380-8