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CASE REPORT: Liver Transplantation for Propylthiouracil-Induced Acute Hepatic Failure

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  1. Division of Transplantation and Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    G. Testa, J. Trevino, D. Bogetti, T. Layden, T. Wiley, H. Sankary & E. Benedetti

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Testa, G., Trevino, J., Bogetti, D. et al. CASE REPORT: Liver Transplantation for Propylthiouracil-Induced Acute Hepatic Failure. Dig Dis Sci 48, 190–191 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021767322245

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