Acetaminophen-induced liver injury in a woman with febrile flare of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 349-351

  Quartuccio, Luca ^a   Maset, Marta ^a   Soardo, Giorgio ^a   Avellini, Claudio ^a   De Vita, Salvatore ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEPACRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLSTONE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTURIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SHIVERING; SLEDAI; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BIOPSY; COMPLICATION; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; BIOPSY; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIVER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906772993     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/rhu.0000000000000139     Document Type: Letter

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