Hepatic injury from chronic hypervitaminosis a resulting in portal hypertension and ascites

N Engl J Med. 1974 Aug 29;291(9):435-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197408292910903.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / chemically induced*
  • Basement Membrane
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury*
  • Collagen / metabolism
  • Female
  • Hepatic Veins / pathology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / chemically induced*
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Circulation
  • Liver Cirrhosis / chemically induced*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Middle Aged
  • Sclerosis
  • Time Factors
  • Vitamin A / administration & dosage
  • Vitamin A / adverse effects*
  • Vitamin A / metabolism

Substances

  • Vitamin A
  • Collagen