Acute-on-chronic liver failure due to thiamazole in a patient with hyperthyroidism and trilogy of Fallot: Case report

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shen, Chuan ^a   Zhao, Cai Yan ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Wang, Ya Dong ^a   Yu, Jun ^b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZINATE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIAMAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ANTITHYROID AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FATALITY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMAPHERESIS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; TRILOGY OF FALLOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955490418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-93     Document Type: Article

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