Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by nitrofurantoin: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Appleyard, Sally ^a   Saraswati, Ruma ^a   Gorard, David A ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALENDRONIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LANSOPRAZOLE; MEBEVERINE; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FECES COLOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRRITABLE COLON; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE COLOR;

EID: 85040742531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-311     Document Type: Article

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