Halothane induced hepatitis: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 538-539

  Otedo, A E O ^a  

^a Kisumu District Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 15844388803     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i10.9238     Document Type: Article

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