Portal hypertension in a case of acute leukemia treated with antimetabolites for ten years

N Engl J Med. 1968 Aug 8;279(6):303-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196808082790608.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites / adverse effects*
  • Biopsy
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury*
  • Child
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypersplenism / etiology
  • Hypertension, Portal / etiology*
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid / drug therapy*
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Diseases / complications
  • Mercaptopurine / adverse effects

Substances

  • Antimetabolites
  • Mercaptopurine