Nitrofurantoin-induced chronic active hepatitis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-186

  Amit, Guy ^a   Cohen, Patrizia ^a   Ackerman, Zvi ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic active hepatitis; Corticosteroids; Hepatotoxicity; Liver failure; Nitrofurantoin

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

NITROFURANTOIN;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATENOLOL; BILIRUBIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROFURANTOIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCRIPTION; REMISSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN;

EID: 0036278798     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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