Large but unexplained variations in paracetamol-induced liver failure among European countries
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
A 50-fold between-country difference in rates of paracetamol-induced acute liver failure that leads to liver transplant has been revealed by a study that compared patient data from seven countries at the request of the European Medicines Agency: France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK.