Initially purported hepatotoxicity by Pelargonium sidoides: the dilemma of pharmacovigilance and proposals for improvement

Background. Spontaneous reports of herb induced liver injury (HILI) represent a major regulatory issue, and it is in the interest of pharmacovigilance to identify and quantify previously unrecognized adverse reactions and to confirm or refute false positive signals of safety concerns. In a total of...

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Main Authors: Rolf Teschke, M.D., Christian Frenzel, Albrecht Wolff, Jutta Herzog, Xaver Glass, Johannes Schulze, Axel Eickhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314644