Drug-induced liver injury
- PMID: 711216
- DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1978.11707401
Drug-induced liver injury
Abstract
In the usual course of events, the liver detoxifies hepatocytotoxic intermediates of drug metabolism. But when protective systems are overloaded by normally harmless drugs, the intermediates can cause massive, even fatal, hepatic necrosis.
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