Severe acute hepatitis probably induced by nimesulide [6];Hepatite aigue grave tres probablement induite par le nimesulide

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 592-593

  Rodrigues De Oliveira, Júlio ^a   Correia, João ^a   Silvestre, Frederico ^a   Meirelles, António ^a   Bernardo, Amaral ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF MEDICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0034184765     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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