Isoflurane hepatotoxicity: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2406-2409

  Sinha, Alok ^a   Clatch, Richard John ^a   Stuck, Gary ^a   Blumenthal, Stanley A ^a   Patel, Samir A ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0029803964     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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