Hepatic Fibrosis Following Long Acting Nicotinic Acid Therapy
The American Journal of the Medical SciencesPublished 1 August 1969
R. M. Kohn, M. Monies
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A man maintained on 3 g of aluminum nicotinate daily for four years developed impaired carbohydrate metabolism and intraliepatic obstructive jaundice with hypoalbuminemia and edema which reversed with cessation of nicotinic acid therapy.
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A man maintained on 3 g of aluminum nicotinate daily for four years developed impaired carbohydrate metabolism and intraliepatic obstructive jaundice with hypoalbuminemia and edema. All evidence of toxicity reversed with cessation of nicotinic acid therapy. The patient died of cardiac disease two ye
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