Low dose amiodarone associated cirrhosis [1]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-141

  Çoban, Şahin ^a   Köklü, Seyfettin ^b   Sencer, Huriye ^a   Ekiz, Fuat ^a   Örmeci, Necati ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FAMOTIDINE; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LACTULOSE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH DISEASE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 33845651779     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04302.x     Document Type: Letter

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