Acute liver failure caused by alkaloids from traditional Chinese medicine: A case report
This case shows that the patient received liver transplantation due to progressive liver failure after multiple conservative treatment modalities, thus, with a good prognosis and survival. It provides valuable guidance for the clinical diagnosis of liver injury and the timing of liver transplantation treatment caused by alkaloid hepatotoxic drugs.
Authors
- Chang Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1285-3724)
- Shugeng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-9784)
- Björn Nashan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7587-9935)
- Yong Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5068-2212)
- Xinhao Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-5047)
- Xiaodong Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1964-5098)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Bengbu Medical College (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Hepatology
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.109575
- Primary Topic
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00