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A 27-year-old man who died of acute liver failure probably due to trichloroethylene abuse

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Akinobu Takaki, Hideyuki Suzuki, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Bon Shoji, Ryo Terada, Haruhiko Kobashi & Kohsaku Sakaguchi

  2. Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

    Tomoko Takigawa & Keiki Ogino

  3. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Transplant and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

    Hiroaki Matsuda & Takahito Yagi

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

    Motohiko Hanazaki, Hideki Nakatsuka, Hiroshi Katayama & Masaki Matsumi

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Takaki, A., Suzuki, H., Iwasaki, Y. et al. A 27-year-old man who died of acute liver failure probably due to trichloroethylene abuse. J Gastroenterol 43, 239–242 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-007-2146-5

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