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Intravenous N-acetylcysteine in dengue-associated acute liver failure

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  1. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, P.O. Box 6, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, Sri Lanka

    Ravindu S. Kumarasena, S. Mananjala Senanayake, Arjuna P. de Silva, Anuradha S. Dassanayake, Ranjan Premaratna & H. Janaka de Silva

  2. National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Krishan Sivaraman & Bandula Wijesiriwardena

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Kumarasena, R.S., Mananjala Senanayake, S., Sivaraman, K. et al. Intravenous N-acetylcysteine in dengue-associated acute liver failure. Hepatol Int 4, 533–534 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-010-9176-4

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