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CASE REPORT: Troglitazone-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

  3. Department of Medicine, Washington University, Washington

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

  4. Tivakaran and Chow Gastroenterology Medical Group, Sacramento, California

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

  5. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

  6. Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas

    Elizabeth J. Murphy, Timothy J. Davern, A. Obaid Shakil, Lawton Shick, Umesh Masharani, Hsichao Chow, Chris Freise, William M. Lee & Nathan M. Bass

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Murphy, E.J., Davern, T.J., Shakil, A.O. et al. CASE REPORT: Troglitazone-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Dig Dis Sci 45, 549–553 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005405526283

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