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Elevated transaminases as a predictor of coma in a patient with anorexia nervosa: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Liver injury is a frequent complication associated with anorexia nervosa, and steatosis of the liver is thought to be the major underlying pathology. However, acute hepatic failure with transaminase levels over 1000 IU/mL and deep coma are very rare complications and the mechanism of p...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Shuhei, Shimada, Masahiko, Kornek, Miroslaw, Kim, Seong-Jun, Shimada, Katsunosuke, Schuppan, Detlef
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20849624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-307