Intravenous N-acetylcysteine in dengue-associated acute liver failure

Hepatology International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 533-534

  Kumarasena, Ravindu S ^a   Mananjala Senanayake, S ^a   Sivaraman, Krishan ^b   De Silva, Arjuna P ^a   Dassanayake, Anuradha S ^a   Premaratna, Ranjan ^a   Wijesiriwardena, Bandula ^b   De Silva, H Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GLOBULIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 77955514502     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-010-9176-4     Document Type: Letter

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