Fatal liver failure in an adult patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia following treatment with L-asparaginase

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Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-32

  Bodmer, Michael ^a   Sulz, Michael ^a   Stadlmann, Sylvia ^b   Droll, Armin ^a   Terracciano, Luigi ^b   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug induced liver injury; L Asparaginase; Microvesicular liver steatosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; ASPARAGINASE; BENZOIC ACID; CARNITINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; LACTULOSE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATTY LIVER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOLIPEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; MALE;

EID: 33751509667     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095827     Document Type: Article

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