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Fatal fulminant hepatic failure induced by a natural therapy containing kava

Paul J Gow, Nathan J Connelly, Richard L Hill, Peter Crowley and Peter W Angus
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05876.x
Published online: 16 February 2004

Paul J Gow,* Nathan J Connelly, Richard L Hill, Peter Crowley,§ Peter W Angus


  • 2 Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation
  • 3 Department of Anatomical Pathology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC 3084
  • 4 Adverse Drug Reactions Unit, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Canberra.


Correspondence: paul.gow@armc.org.au

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  • 2. Stickel F, Baumuller HM, Seitz K, et al. Hepatitis induced by Kava (Piper methysticum rhizoma). J Hepatol 2003; 39: 62-67.
  • 3. Singh YN, Devkota AK. Aqueous kava extracts do not affect liver function tests in rats. Planta Med 2003; 69: 496-499.
  • 4. Haddad LM, Shannon MW, Winchester JF. Clinical management of poisoning and drug overdose. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 1998.

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