A 27-year-old man who died of acute liver failure probably due to trichloroethylene abuse

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Takaki, Akinobu ^a   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Takigawa, Tomoko ^a   Ogino, Keiki ^a   Matsuda, Hiroaki ^a   Yagi, Takahito ^a   Hanazaki, Motohiko ^a   Nakatsuka, Hideki ^a   Katayama, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumi, Masaki ^a   Shoji, Bon ^a   Terada, Ryo ^a   Kobashi, Haruhiko ^a   Sakaguchi, Kohsaku ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; GLYCEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; PAINT; SODIUM; THINNER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DROWSINESS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLAPPING TREMOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SODIUM BALANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS;

ADHESIVES; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 41749116129     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2146-5     Document Type: Article

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