Acute-on-chronic liver failure in cirrhosis: Defining and managing organ dysfunction

Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 658-671

  Shawcross, D ^a   Wendon, J ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859704976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92278-2_61     Document Type: Chapter

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