Open AccessRecurrent High-Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone Succinate Pulse Therapy-Induced Hepatopathy in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Daisuke Furutama,
Fumiharu Kimura,
Keiichi Shinoda,
Tamaki Maeda,
Toshifumi Tanaka,
Nakaaki Ohsawa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical principles and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1423-0151
pISSN - 1011-7571
DOI - 10.1159/000323835
Subject(s) - medicine , methylprednisolone , glucocorticoid , dexamethasone , gastroenterology , hepatitis
We describe recurrent and reversible hepatopathy in a girl with multiple sclerosis (MS) after glucocorticoid pulse therapy, to point out the possibility that glucocorticoid may harm the liver.
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