Acute hepatic injury and renal failure after ingestion of snake gallbladder

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-390

  Chao, Ta Chung ^a,b   Wu, Ming Ling ^b,c   Tsai, Wei Jen ^b,c   Ger, Jiin ^b,c   Deng, Jou Fang ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Division of Clinical Toxicology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic injury; Acute renal failure; Snake gallbladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GALLBLADDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; SNAKE; VISION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKES;

EID: 33745713943     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650600671779     Document Type: Article

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