Propylthiouracil-associated liver failure presenting as probable autoimmune hepatitis in a child with Graves' disease

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-528

  Sipe, Walter E B ^a   Su, Maureen ^a   Posselt, Andrew ^a   Kim, Grace E ^a   Quiros, Jose Antonio ^b   Rosenthal, Philip ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug toxicity; Hepatic necrosis; Hepatotoxicity; Liver transplantation; PTU; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646869291     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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