Acute liver failure - Practical management

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-213

  Williams, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN; PROPOFOL; TERLIPRESSIN;

ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER SUPPORT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WILSON DISEASE;

HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34447513170     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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