✦ LIBER ✦
Digoxin-like immunoreactive substances in severe acute liver disease due to viral hepatitis and paracetamol overdose
✍ Scribed by Sien-Sing Yang; Robin D. Hughes; Roger Williams
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 558 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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✦ Synopsis
The levels of endogenous serum digoxin-like immunoreactive substances were investigated during development of encephalopathy in patients with fulminant hepatic failure. The 67 patients studied had varying degrees of hepatic failure as a result of viral hepatitis or paracetamol overdose. Serum levels of digoxin-like immunoreactive substances were significantly increased in both viral hepatitis and paracetamol overdose, with mean values of 0.42 2 S.D. 0.25 ng per ml (n ~