Acute liver failure in Spain: Analysis of 267 cases

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1389-1395

  Escorsell, Ángels ^a,b   Mas, Antoni ^a,b   de la Mata, Manuel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSHROOM POISONING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35349031889     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21119     Document Type: Article

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