Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine

Antihistamine-induced hepatitis is rare. We present 2 cases of antihistamine-induced hepatitis with autoimmune features, caused by loratidine. One case was confirmed by rechallenge. Identifying and discontinuing the offending agent are essential for treatment.

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Autores principales: Arshad, Hafiz, Khan, Arsalan, Assad, Usama, Kittaneh, Muaiad, Berkelhammer, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6890313
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author Arshad, Hafiz
Khan, Arsalan
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spelling pubmed-48845772016-06-12 Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine Arshad, Hafiz Khan, Arsalan Assad, Usama Kittaneh, Muaiad Berkelhammer, Charles Case Reports Hepatol Case Report Antihistamine-induced hepatitis is rare. We present 2 cases of antihistamine-induced hepatitis with autoimmune features, caused by loratidine. One case was confirmed by rechallenge. Identifying and discontinuing the offending agent are essential for treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4884577/ /pubmed/27293922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6890313 Text en Copyright © 2016 Hafiz Arshad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Arshad, Hafiz
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Kittaneh, Muaiad
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Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title_full Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title_fullStr Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title_full_unstemmed Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title_short Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine
title_sort antihistamine-induced hepatitis: 2 cases involving loratidine
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6890313
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