Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A New Clinical Entity

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 836-841

  Moreau, Richard ^a,b,c   Arroyo, Vicente ^c,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SUR L INFLAMMATION   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute decompensation; Cirrhosis; Organ failures; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; AGED; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84927913785     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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