The effect of diazepam in the recovery of rabbits from acute acetaminophen intoxication

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,b   Eshel, Gideon ^a,b   Lushkov, Gili ^a,b   Reznik, Svetlana ^a,b   Chen Levy, Zehava ^a,b   Pinto, Ora ^a,b   Koren, Gideon ^c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen intoxication; Diazepam; Hepatoxicity; N acetylcystein

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; RABBITS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 0032967009     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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