Differential diagnosis of postoperative liver failure in a 12-year-old child

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 210-212

  Hausmann, R ^a   Schmidt, B ^a   Schellmann, B ^a   Betz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enflurane anesthesia; Fulminant hepatic dystrophy; Hepatitis G virus infection; Paracetamol intoxication

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; PARACETAMOL; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENFLURANE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030464633     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01225520     Document Type: Article

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