Severe propylthiouracil-induced hepatotoxicity in pregnancy managed successfully by liver transplantation: A case report.

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Published in J Med Case Rep on September 19, 2011

Authors

Evan Sequeira1, Sikolia Wanyonyi, Raj Dodia

Author Affiliations

1: Aga Khan University Hospital, PO Box 30270, Nairobi 00100 GPO, Kenya. sikolia.wanyonyi@aku.edu.

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