Terlipressin-Induced Ischemic Skin Necrosis: A Rare Association
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Terlipressin-Induced Ischemic Skin Necrosis: A Rare Association
BACKGROUND Terlipressin is a synthetic vasopressin analogue that is used in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices and hepatorenal syndrome in patients with cirrhosis. Serious ischemic adverse events, such as skin necrosis involving the extremities, scrotum, trunk, and abdominal skin, are rarely observed. In the literature to date, 20 cases that developed ischemic skin necrosis due to ter...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1941-5923
DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.891084