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Fatal acute-on-chronic liver failure in amiodarone-related steatohepatitis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug that has been recognized to induce hepatotoxicity. We report a case of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in a patient who was receiving amiodarone for more than 2 years. The patient developed cirrhosis and suppurative microabscesses of the liver a...

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Autores principales: Wu, I.-J.u, Tsai, Jia-Huei, Ho, Cheng-Maw
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7856745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33530924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01632-9