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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;17(4):447-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1987.tb00088.x.

Nifedipine hepatitis

D R Shaw  1 , G M Misan, R D Johnson
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Case Reports

Nifedipine hepatitis

D R Shaw et al. Aust N Z J Med. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman developed acute hepatitis following her first exposure to nifedipine. This adverse effect was characterised by fever, chills, anorexia, nausea, liver tenderness, hepatitic liver function tests and peripheral blood eosinophilia. On liver biopsy the portal tracts were expanded with a mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate rich in eosinophils. The potential for the occurrence of this adverse effect must increase with the current expansion of indications for the use of nifedipine.

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