Posted by Larry Hoover on May 11, 2006, at 13:20:26
In reply to Re: Liver Enzyme Article (Wash. Post), posted by saturn on May 10, 2006, at 21:23:07
> Could being an intermediate (or even poor for that matter) metabolizer have caused her drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis? Toxicity--for sure, but the hepatitis-I'm skeptical about that. Is this likely?
I have a problem with the conclusion reached. The differential would require exclusion of virally mediated outcomes. But, upon excluding those, I think there are other explanations not yet excluded. How did they conclude that it was an autoimmune hepatitis, let alone that it was drug-induced? It's a plausible diagnosis, but I don't feel that alone is enough.
Lar
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