The clinical challenges of acute on chronic liver failure

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 24-26

  Graziadei, Ivo W ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Infection; Inflammation; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SUPPORT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961189958     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02585.x     Document Type: Review

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