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Acute liver injury induced by red yeast rice supplement

A 64-year-old woman previously taking no medications presented with acute hepatitis 6 weeks after starting a red yeast rice supplement to decrease her cholesterol. Red yeast rice is commonly used for hyperlipidaemia as an alternative to statins as it contains monacolin K, the same active chemical in...

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Publié dans:BMJ Case Rep
Auteurs principaux: Loubser, Lize, Weider, Kirstin I, Drake, Sean M
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510127/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30910808
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227961
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