Indeterminate acute liver failure: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Davern, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GANCICLOVIR; PARACETAMOL; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HEPATITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 33748938412     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21305     Document Type: Note

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