Vitamin A-induced cholestatic hepatitis: A case report

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1063-1066

  Becker, P ^a   Maurer, B ^a   Schirmacher, P ^b   Waldherr, R ^a   Parlesak, A ^c   Bode, C ^c   Seitz, Helmut Karl ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Hepatitis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; RETINOL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; NUTRITION; OVARY CANCER; RETINOL INTOXICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 36048933961     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963342     Document Type: Article

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