from Section III - Hepatitis and Immune Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
Drug-induced liver disease has been regarded as rare in children. Large surveys have generally failed to detect drug hepatotoxicity as a major problem in children [1], although adverse drug reactions (not necessarily hepatotoxic) are somewhat more frequent in preschool children and in children of any age with cancer. A study examining deaths from adverse drug reactions in children found that approximately one-sixth of such deaths involved acute liver failure, usually associated with antiepileptic or anti-neoplastic drugs [2].
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