Acute Pseudohepatitis in a Chronic Substance Abuser Secondary to Occult Seat Belt Injury

Causes of a massive elevation in serum aminotransferases (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] and alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) in the substance-abusing patient include viral hepatitis and drug hepatotoxicity. A patient chronically addicted to injection heroin and cocaine presented to the emergency r...

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Main Authors: Eric CS Lam, Rhonda M Janzen, R Mark Meloche, Paul J Trepanier, Eric M Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/864912
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