Acute-on-chronic liver failure: What are the implications?

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-66

  Olson, Jody C ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute on chronic liver failure; Cirrhosis; End stage liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84857630258     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-011-0228-2     Document Type: Article

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