
Underlying mechanisms and treatment of acetaminophen‑induced liver injury (Review)
- Authors:
- Ruisi Li
- Haojia Wu
- Yue Xu
- Xiaoying Xu
- Yiheng Xu
- Haitang Huang
- Xiaojuan Lv
- Chu Liao
- Junqiu Ye
- Hengfei Li
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Affiliations: Chinese Medicine College, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, P.R. China, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518112, P.R. China, Department of Hepatology, Hubei Key Laboratory of the theory and Application Research of Liver and Kidney in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430061, P.R. China - Published online on: February 24, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2025.13471
- Article Number: 106
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Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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