Drug-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis From Hydralazine Leading to Acute Liver Failure and Liver Transplantation

We describe a woman with no previous liver disease who developed drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis from hydralazine prescribed to her for hypertension. Despite the discontinuation of the medication, she developed acute liver failure and subsequently underwent successful liver transplantation. She su...

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Autores principales: Grewal, Jasleen, Doan, Angela, Hong, Annie S., Amin, Arpit, Scapa, Jason V., Hanna, Ramy, Durazo, Francisco, Yanny, Beshoy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31832473
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000252
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Sumario:We describe a woman with no previous liver disease who developed drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis from hydralazine prescribed to her for hypertension. Despite the discontinuation of the medication, she developed acute liver failure and subsequently underwent successful liver transplantation. She survived and had a good clinical outcome.

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