Acute Liver Failure Associated with Propylthiouracil in a Pregnant 26-Year-Old Woman

It seems appropriate to use propylthiouracil to treat maternal hyperthyroidism during the first trimester of pregnancy. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman with acute liver failure associated with propylthiouracil during the first trimester of pregnancy. She was successfully treated without l...

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Main Authors: Tatsuo Miyamura, Tatsuo Kanda, Shoko Minemura, Masato Nakamura, Shingo Nakamoto, Xia Jiang, Shuang Wu, Shin Yasui, Makoto Arai, Osamu Yokosuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/351877