Outcome of acetaminophen overdose in pediatric patients and factors contributing to hepatotoxicity

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 300-304

  Rivera Penera, T ^a   Gugig, R ^a   Davis, J ^a   McDiarmid, S ^a   Vargas, J ^a   Rosenthal, P ^a   Berquist, W ^a   Heyman, M B ^a   Ament, M E ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030687996     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)70359-7     Document Type: Article

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