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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Certain dietary supplements pose a threat to liver transplant patients
September 9th, 2004
Certain dietary supplements pose a threat to liver transplant patients. "The extensive use of alternative medicine products, herbal remedies, and vitamins in large doses has reached an all time high in the general public. Some agents are reported and advertised as immune stimulants and may interfere with patients suffering from immune modification, autoimmune diseases, or transplant recipients. In this report, we will present an investigation into the use of herbal remedies and vitamins in our liver transplant population," scientists in the United States report. "We performed an investigation using a questionnaire to determine the use of herbal...
Source: Blood Weekly (2004-09-09)
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