Fulminant Hepatic Failure Attributed to Ackee Fruit Ingestion in a Patient with Sickle Cell Trait

We report a case of fulminant liver failure resulting in emergent liver transplantation following 3 weeks of nausea, vomiting, and malaise from Jamaican Vomiting Sickness. Jamaican Vomiting Sickness is caused by ingestion of the unripe arils of the Ackee fruit, its seeds and husks. It is characteriz...

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Autores principales: Grunes, Dianne E., Scordi-Bello, Irini, Suh, Matthew, Florman, Sander, Yao, Jonathan, Fiel, Maria Isabel, Thung, Swan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/739238

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/739238

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