Propylthiouracil-induced acute liver failure: Role of liver transplantation

International Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Carrion, Andres F ^a   Czul, Frank ^a   Arosemena, Leopoldo R ^a   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Garcia, Monica T ^a   Tekin, Akin ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Ghanta, Ravi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RITUXIMAB; THIAMAZOLE; THYROXINE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAISE; NAUSEA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETRANSPLANTATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79952203013     PISSN: 16878337     EISSN: 16878345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/910636     Document Type: Article

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