Fatal fulminant hepatic failure induced by a natural therapy containing kava

Michael Thomsen,* Luis Vitetta,† Mathias Schmidt,‡ Avni Sali§

2 Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University, 9 Frederick Street, Hawthorne, VIC 3122
3 Society of Nutritional Medicine and Dietetics, Harsewinkel, Germany.

Correspondence: lvitetta@medicine.swin.edu.au

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