Acute liver failure caused by diffuse hepatic melanoma infiltration

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 540-541

  Montero, José L ^a   Muntané, Jordi ^a   De las Heras, Silvia ^a   Ortega, Rosa ^a   Fraga, Enrique ^a   De la Mata, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036784171     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00219-2     Document Type: Letter

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