Acute liver failure

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 757-769

  Whitehouse, Tony ^a   Wendon, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute; Diagnosis; Liver failure; Management; Physiopathology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84886721343     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2013.08.010     Document Type: Review

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