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NBAS mutations cause acute liver failure: when acetaminophen is not a culprit.

Pier Luigi CalvoFrancesco TandoiTobias B HaakAndrea BrunatiMichele PinonDominic Dell OlioRenato RomagnoliMarco Spada
Published in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2017)
We suggest that, in acute-liver-failure with a history of acetaminophen exposure at therapeutic dosage, clinicians should not be contented with administering NAC, but should consider an alternative etiology, above all if the episodes are recurrent, and actively start supportive and antipyretic treatment while seeking the advice of a specialist unit.
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