Characterization and outcomes of young infants with acute liver failure

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 813-818.e1

  Sundaram, Shikha S ^a   Alonso, Estella M ^b   Narkewicz, Michael R ^a   Zhang, Song ^c   Squires, Robert H ^d  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl para aminophenol; Acute liver failure; Alanine aminotransferase; ALF; ALT; APAP; Aspartate aminotransferase; AST; INR; International Normalized Ratio; Neonatal hemochromatosis; NH; PALF; Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Study; Prothrombin time; PT

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD DEATH; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 80054758141     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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