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A case of autoimmune hepatitis after occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide

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A case of autoimmune hepatitis after occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide PubMed N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a widely used solvent in the chemical industry, is known to induce toxic hepatitis. However, there have been no reported cases of DMF-associated autoimmune hepatitis. A 31-year-old healthy man working at a glove factory since July 2015 had intermittently put his bare hands into a diluted DMF solution for his first 15 days at work. After two months, he felt nausea, fatigue, and hand cramping, and a jaundice followed. READ MORE

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