Hepatotoxicity induced by methimazole in a previously health patient

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-206

  Gallelli, Luca ^a   Staltari, Orietta ^a   Palleria, Caterina ^a   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^a   Ferraro, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b San Giovanni in Fiore Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Hyperthyroidism; Methimazole

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COLESTYRAMINE; THIAMAZOLE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ANTITHYROID AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE JAUNDICE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAVES DISEASE; HAND TREMOR; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERA DISEASE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERAL DISEASES;

EID: 73349105618     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488609789006912     Document Type: Article

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