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Hydralazine-induced liver injury

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A 68-year-old man developed hepatic injury with no hypersensitivity reaction after three years of hydralazine therapy. The liver injury histologically showed centrilobular zonal necrosis. Clinical, biochemical, and histological recovery followed discontinuation of the drug. Challenge tests and serial liver biopsies revealed that this liver injury was induced by hydralazine.

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Itoh, S., Yamaba, Y., Ichinoe, A. et al. Hydralazine-induced liver injury. Digest Dis Sci 25, 884–887 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01338533

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