Factitious granulomatous hepatitis? [3]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 500-501

  Schlegel, Amnon ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PREDNISONE; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIN; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INGESTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; QUININE;

EID: 1642327374     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.09.048     Document Type: Letter

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