Hepatic failure in a child with anti-epileptic hypersensitivity syndrome

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 218-220

  Li, Albert M ^a   Nelson, Edmund A S ^a   Hon, Ellis K L ^a   Cheng, Frankie W T ^a   Chan, Dorothy F Y ^a   Sin, Ngai Chuen ^a   Ma, Kwok Chiu ^a   Cheung, Kam Lau ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic hypersensitivity syndrome; Hepatic failure; SARS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 18444376470     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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