Liver Damage due to Hypervitaminosis

Dietary supplements are unregulated medications that can lead to serious liver injury. Despite this, many people take vitamin supplements believing they are safe because they do not require prescriptions. We are reporting a case of an African American man who took large doses of vitamin supplements...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sy, Alexander M., Kumar, Smriti R., Steinberg, Jonathan, Garcia-Buitrago, Monica Tulia, Arosemena Benitez, Leopoldo Ramon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766372
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000431
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Sumario:Dietary supplements are unregulated medications that can lead to serious liver injury. Despite this, many people take vitamin supplements believing they are safe because they do not require prescriptions. We are reporting a case of an African American man who took large doses of vitamin supplements leading to noncirrhotic portal hypertension. The case highlights the importance of detailed history taking to diagnose and treat patients properly.

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