In a patient taking diphenylhydantoin, what looks like German measles could be the first evidence of a hepatotoxic reaction that is fatal in 40% of cases. In the case described, death occurred in a setting of profound toxemia rather than hepatic failure even though hepatic necrosis was striking.
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Dhar et al. (1974) studied this question.
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