Attempting to predict the unpredictable in acute liver injury

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-6

  O'Grady, John ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DRUG OVERDOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 11144337322     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.11.007     Document Type: Editorial

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