Acute Liver Damage with Characteristic Apoptotic Hepatocytes by Ingestion of Aplysia kurodai, a Sea Hare

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 927-929

  Sakamoto, Yoshikuni ^a   Nakajima, Tomoki ^a   Misawa, Shinichi ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroki ^b   Itoh, Yoshito ^b   Nakashima, Toshiaki ^b   Okanoue, Takeshi ^b   Kashima, Kei ^b   Tsuji, Toshizou ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ohta Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Intoxication

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; MOLLUSC VENOM;

ADULT; ANIMAL; APLYSIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MOLLUSK VENOMS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032197127     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.927     Document Type: Article

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