Indication criteria for liver transplantation for acute liver failure in Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Mochida, Satoshi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial liver support; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Late onset hepatic failure; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE;

ACCURACY; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOFILTRATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER SUPPORT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 58049108015     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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