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CASE REPORT: Azithromycin-Induced Intrahepatic Cholestasis

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Sreekanth Chandrupatla & Mordechai Rabinovitz

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA

    Anthony J. Demetris

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Chandrupatla, S., Demetris, A.J. & Rabinovitz, M. CASE REPORT: Azithromycin-Induced Intrahepatic Cholestasis. Dig Dis Sci 47, 2186–2188 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020170807742

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