Two cases of severe liver injury possibly related to 5-fluorouracil and calcium folinate [2]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-345

  Brooks, A J ^a   Begg, E J ^a   Chapman, B A ^a   Fitzharris, B M ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34248358131     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01325.x     Document Type: Letter

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