Hepatic steatosis secondary to capecitabine: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chin, Sheray ^a   Kim, Tae ^b   Siu, Lillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CAPECITABINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LIVER ENZYME; METFORMIN; TELMISARTAN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78649598667     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-227     Document Type: Article

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