Severe Liver Damage Caused by Therapeutic Doses of Acetaminophen
- 12 January 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Acta Medica Scandinavica
- Vol. 222 (3) , 285-288
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1987.tb10672.x
Abstract
Two patients who ingested therapeutic doses of acetaminophen and who developed a severe hepatotoxicity are reported. Both patients had a rather high alcohol consumption, which probably made them susceptible to the toxic effects of acetaminophen.Keywords
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