Fulminant hepatic failure

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-108

  Shakil, A O ^a   Mazariegos, G V ^a   Kramer, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033027517     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70008-6     Document Type: Article

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