Severe acute liver failure as the initial manifestation of haematological malignancy

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1113-1115

  Souto, Paulo ^a   Romãozinho, José Manuel ^a   Figueiredo, Pedro ^a   Ferreira, Manuela ^a   Sousa, Isabel ^a   Camacho, Ernestina ^a   Donato, António ^a   Freitas, Diniz ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Burkitt's lymphoma; Liver transplantation; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0030682159     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199711000-00016     Document Type: Article

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