Clopidogrel, Turkey and a red herring?
The authors present the case of acute hepatitis E in a 61-year-old Edinburgh man who had returned from a holiday in Turkey 6 weeks previously. Diagnosis was ambiguous with his presentation initially attributed to a drug-induced liver injury.
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D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014195:Travel; D014421:Turkey
D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine