A fatal case of bupropion (Zyban) hepatotoxicity with autoimmune features: Case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Humayun, Fawwaz ^a   Shehab, Thomas M ^a,c   Tworek, Joseph A ^a   Fontana, Robert J ^b  

^a Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Huron Gastro   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METOPROLOL; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECCHYMOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SKIN BRUISING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URTICARIA;

EID: 44949201117     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-88     Document Type: Article

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