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  • Title: A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver in Britain associated with herbal tea consumption.
    Author: McGee J, Patrick RS, Wood CB, Blumgart LH.
    Journal: J Clin Pathol; 1976 Sep; 29(9):788-94. PubMed ID: 977780.
    Abstract:
    Veno-occlusive disease of the liver with clinical and pathological features similar to those of the condition occurring in the Caribbean is described in a young woman resident in Britain. The diagnosis was made from liver biopsies and hepatic venography and was confirmed at necropsy. Small amounts of pyrroliziding alkaloids were recovered from a sample of mate (Paraguay) tea, owned by the patient, to which she was addicted. It seems probable that the consumption of large amounts of this tea over a period of years was the cause of the hepatic disease.
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