Rare manifestation of a rare disease, acute liver failure in adult onset still's disease: Dramatic response to methylprednisolone pulse therapy - A case report and review

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Valluru, Nalini ^a   Tammana, Venkata S ^b   Windham, Michael ^b   Mekonen, Eyasu ^b   Begum, Rehana ^b   Sanderson, Andrew ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PALLOR; RARE DISEASE; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955484683     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/375035     Document Type: Article

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