Eculizumab

Review
In: LiverTox: Clinical and Research Information on Drug-Induced Liver Injury [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 2012.
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Excerpt

Eculizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody to complement factor 5 which acts to block complement activation and is used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Eculizumab has been linked to several instances of serum enzyme elevations after repeated infusions and to rare instances of clinically apparent acute liver injury.

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  • Review