Fibrosing Cholestatic Hepatitis After Methotrexate and Prednisone Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

TOPALOĞLU S., ÇALIK A., KALAYCI O., Cesmecioglu E., ÇOBANOĞLU Ü., UZUN Y.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.12, ss.95-97, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.6002/ect.25liver.p7
  • Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-97
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis, Hepatotoxicity, Methotrexate, Fulminant liver failure, Liver transplant, HEPATOTOXICITY, LIVER
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis is an aggressive and usually fatal form of viral hepatitis in immunosuppressed patients. We assessed the hepatotoxicity of methotrexate and prednisolone combination therapy in the background of hepatitis B virus infection.