Recovery from severe hepatitis caused by mushroom poisoning without liver transplantation

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 392-396

  Rengstorff, Daniel S ^a   Osorio, Robert W ^a   Bonacini, Maurizio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ELECTROLYTE; LACTULOSE; PENICILLIN G; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUSHROOM POISONING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141927189     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S1542-3565(03)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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