Methylprednisolone-induced toxic hepatitis

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1868-1871

  Topal, Firdevs ^a   Özaslan, Ersan ^a   Akbulut, Sabiye ^a   Küçükazman, Metin ^a   Yüksel, Osman ^a   Altiparmak, Emin ^a  

^a Numune Education and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Methylprednisolone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ISONIAZID; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTEIN; PROTHROMBIN; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE JAUNDICE; FATIGUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAPPING TREMOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RARE DISEASE; RASH; SELF MEDICATION; STEATOSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULITIS; WEAKNESS;

DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33749615711     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H171     Document Type: Article

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