Population-based surveillance for acute liver failure

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2459-2463

  Bower, William A ^a,c   Johns, Matthew ^b   Margolis, Harold S ^a   Williams, Ian T ^a   Bell, Beth P ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Georgia Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^c MSC18 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35448949435     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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