Causality between polyhexamethyleneguanidine occurrence in unrecorded alcohol and cholestatic hepatitis outbreak in Russia

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-155

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Monakhova, Yulia B ^b   Samokhvalov, Andriy V ^c   Rehm, Jrgen ^c  

^a CVUA Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BILIRUBIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; POLYHEXAMETHYLENEGUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LD 50; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOLESTASIS; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84856908181     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.646355     Document Type: Letter

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