Comment on: Severe hemolytic anemia and fatal hepatic failure associated with nimesulide

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 450-451

  Bissoli, Franco ^a  

^a Clinica San Gaudenzio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FATALITY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CAUSALITY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 67349272293     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.10.007     Document Type: Letter

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