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Antituberculosis drug-induced hepatitis: risk factors, prevention and management.
Indian journal of experimental biology - 1 Nov 2003
Hussain Z, Kar P, Husain S A
Abstract excerpt
Apart from infectious or viral hepatitis, other most common non-infectious causes of hepatitis are alcohol, cholestatic, drugs and toxic materials. The most common mode that leads to liver injuries is antituberculosis drug-induced hepatitis. The severity of drug-induced liver injury varies from minor nonspecific changes in hepatic structure to fulminant hepatic failure, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Patients...
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