Fernando Bessone, Miren García-Cortés, Inmaculada Medina-Caliz, Nelia Hernandez, Raymundo Parana, Manuel Mendizabal, Maria I Schinoni, Ezequiel Ridruejo, Vinicius Nunes, Mirta Peralta, Genario Santos, Margarita Anders, Daniela Chiodi, Martin Tagle, Pedro Montes, Enrique Carrera, Marco Arrese, M Isabel Lizarzabal, Ismael Alvarez-Alvarez, Estefania Caballano-Infantes, Hao Niu, Jose Pinazo, Maria R Cabello, M Isabel Lucena, Raúl J Andrade
BACKGROUND: Herbal and dietary supplements (HDS) consumption, a growing cause of hepatotoxicity, is a common practice among Latin-American populations. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate clinical, laboratory features and outcome in HDS-hepatotoxicity included in the Latin America-Drug Induced Liver Injury (LATINDILI) Network. METHODS: A total of 29 adjudicated cases of HDS hepatotoxicity reported to the LATINDILI Network from October 2011 through December 2019 were compared with 322 DILI cases due to conventional drugs and 16 due to anabolic steroids as well as with other series of HDS-hepatotoxicity...
March 2022: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology