Cause of death in alcoholic hepatitis [3]

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-52

  Coffin, Phillip O ^a   Sharpe, Bradley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VITAMIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; COMORBIDITY; INFECTION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIVER FAILURE;

EID: 33947723287     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.154     Document Type: Letter

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