Acute liver failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 2525-2534

  Bernal, William ^a   Wendon, Julia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 84890898067     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1208937     Document Type: Review

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