Indomethacin normalizes intracranial pressure in acute liver failure: A twenty-three-year-old woman treated with indomethacin

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1423-1425

  Clemmesen, Jens Otto ^a,b   Hansen, Bent Adel ^a   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; INDOMETACIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030663990     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260608     Document Type: Article

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