Acute liver failure

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 603-607

  O'Grady, John ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031416039     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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