title: Liver disease, erroneously attributed to methotrexate, in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and Felty's syndrome who developed evidence of hepatic dysfunction initially attributed to a short course of methotrexate therapy. He was subsequently found to have nodular regenerative hyperplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bills
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seibert
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Brick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005258:Felty Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008727:Methotrexate