Mercury as a cause of fulminant hepatic failure in a child: Case report and literature review

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 580-582

  Al Sinani, S ^a   Al Rawas, A ^a   Dhawan, A ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHELATING AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; MERCAPROL; MERCURY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACRODYNIA; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANASARCA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EXOCYTOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HAND; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INTENSIVE CARE; IRRITABILITY; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MERCURIALISM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIVASCULAR LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXFOLIATION; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MERCURY POISONING;

EID: 80052516746     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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