Safety of liver donation after fatal intoxication with the tricyclic antidepressant trimipramine

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1259-1262

  Fattinger, Karin E ^a   Rentsch, Katharina M ^a   Meier, Peter J ^a   Dazzi, Heidi ^a   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DRUG METABOLITE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OVERDOSE; TISSUE DONORS; TRIMIPRAMINE;

EID: 0030472389     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199611150-00014     Document Type: Article

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