Results of a prospective study of acute liver failure at 17 tertiary care centers in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 947-954

  Ostapowicz, George ^a   Fontana, Robert J ⁿ   Schioødt, Frank V ^a   Larson, Anne ^b   Davern, Timothy J ^d   Han, Steven H B ^l   McCashland, Timothy M ^f   Shakil, A Obaid ⁱ   Hay, J Eileen ^g   Hynan, Linda ^r   Crippin, Jeffrey S ^h   Blei, Andres T ^j   Samuel, Grace ^r   Reisch, Joan ^r   Lee, William M ^a   Santyanarayana, Raj ^c   Caldwell, Cary ^c   Shick, Lawton ^c   Bass, Nathan ^d   Rouillard, Smita ^d   Atillasoy, Evren ^e   Flamm, Steven ^j   Benner, Kent G ^k   Rosen, Hugo R ^k   Martin, Paul ^l   Stribling, Risë ^l   Schiff, Eugene R ^m   Torres, Maria B ^m   Navarro, Victor ^o   McGuire, Brendan ^p   Chung, Raymond ^q   Abraczinskas, Diane ^q   Dienstag, Jules ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^q MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^r Univ of Texas SW Medical Center ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0037126649     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-12-200212170-00007     Document Type: Article

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