Hepatotoxicity possibly due to paracetamol with carbamazepine [1]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 441-442

  Parikh, S ^a   Dillon, L C ^a   Scharf, S L ^a  

^a Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; BILIRUBIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; FELODIPINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METFORMIN; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PROCHLORPERAZINE; RAMIPRIL; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; PAIN; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4143151596     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0903.2004.00632.x     Document Type: Letter

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