Acute liver failure induced by alcohol and paracetamol in an HCV- infected haemophiliac

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 891-893

  Leach, M ^a   Makris, M ^a   Gleeson, D C ^a   Preston, F E ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Analgesia; Haemophilia; Hepatotoxicity; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 0031787906     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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