N-acetyl cysteine averted liver transplantation in a patient with liver failure caused by erythropoietic protoporphyria

Liver Transpl. 2009 Mar;15(3):352-4. doi: 10.1002/lt.21669.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcysteine / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Exons
  • Ferrochelatase / genetics
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure / drug therapy
  • Liver Failure / etiology*
  • Liver Failure / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic / diagnosis*
  • Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic / drug therapy

Substances

  • Ferrochelatase
  • Acetylcysteine