Acute hepatic failure in India: A perspective from the East

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 473-479

  Acharya, Subrat K ^a   Panda, Subrat K ^a   Saxena, Alka ^a   Gupta, S Datta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; India

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0034085252     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02073.x     Document Type: Review

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