Allopurinol Hypersensitivity Syndrome as a Cause of Hepatic Centrilobular Hemorrhagic Necrosis

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-283

  Mete, Nihal ^a   Yilmaz, F ^a   Gulbahar, O ^a   Aydin, A ^a   Sin, A ^a   Kokuludag, A ^a   Yuce, G ^a   Sebik, F ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome; Hepatic centrilobular hemorrhagic necrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; LISINOPRIL; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALLOPURINOL HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CENTRILOBULAR HEMORRHAGIC NECROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRURITUS; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER DISEASES; NECROSIS;

EID: 0742288503     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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