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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec;32(12):1282-5.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.32.12.1282.

Liver damage due to perhexiline maleate

G B Forbes, M O Rake, D J Taylor
Case Reports

Liver damage due to perhexiline maleate

G B Forbes et al. J Clin Pathol. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

Two middle-aged men, who had received perhexiline in recommended dosage, showed clinical and histological evidence of severe hepatic damage, and one of them died. Histological study of the livers showed a striking resemblance to alcoholic hepatitis.

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