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How do you discern whether elevated liver enzymes are from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy when a patient is on combination chemo/immunotherapy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Gastroenterology, 1993-06

Hepatoprotective properties of ursodeoxycholic acid.

Gastroenterology, 1991 Jul

Evidence for a direct hepatoprotective action of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary human hepatocytes.

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci, 2002 Mar-Apr

Prophylactic effect of aqueous propolis extract against acute experimental hepatotoxicity in vivo.

Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol, 2003 Nov

Hepatoprotective effect of baicalin, a major flavone from Scutellaria radix, on acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice.

Exp Toxicol Pathol, 2002 Feb

Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity and mechanisms of its protection by N-acetylcysteine: a study of Hep3B cells.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1999 Sep 24

Ursodeoxycholic acid protects hepatocytes against oxidative injury via induction of antioxidants.

Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 1998 Dec

Amantadine hydrochloride decreases serum ALT activity without effects on serum HCV-RNA in chronic hepatitis C patients.

Chem Biol Interact, 2001 Dec 21

Vitamin E succinate protects hepatocytes against the toxic effect of reactive oxygen species generated at mitochondrial complexes I and III by alkylating agents.

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