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Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis related to nevirapine therapy.

Buyse S, Vibert E, Sebagh M, Antonini T, Ichai P, Castaing D, Samuel D, Duclos-Vallée JC

Department of Hepatology and Hepatobiliar Surgery, Centre Hépato-Biliaire and INSERM U785, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 12 avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94800, Villejuif, France.

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is an important cause of hepatocellular injury. Non-nucleoside retroviral transcriptase inhibitors are known to cause hepatotoxicity. We describe a detailed case of fulminant hepatitis induced by nevirapine (Viramune) and treated by liver transplantation.

Published 4 December 2006 in Liver Transpl, 12(12): 1880-2.
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