Severe propylthiouracil-induced hepatotoxicity in pregnancy managed successfully by liver transplantation: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sequeira, Evan ^a   Wanyonyi, Sikolia ^a   Dodia, Raj ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOSPORIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TACROLIMUS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 80052855472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-461     Document Type: Article

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