Should we sacrifice everything for a child?
G Kovács, K Schandl, J Gervain · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2009 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Introduction: Our department often provides hepatology consultation in the case of patients who are treated on other wards and have abnormal liver functions. The responsibility of the hepatologist is increased if the patient is an expectant woman. In this case study, we present a pregnant woman with drug induced progressive ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and toxic hepatitis. Case study: The 33-year old woman had been investigated with infertility over a decade when she underwent preliminary hormon therapy (gonadotropin) followed by in vitro fertilisation and embrio transfer. As the side effect of the hormon t…