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Predisposing Factors in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 May 2016
Trebicka Jonel
Abstract excerpt
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome with high short-term mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. The definition of ACLF has been addressed recently in many publications, and despite regional differences the number and severity of organ failures are decisive for the presence and severity of ACLF. However, the predisposition of patients to develop ACLF has not been addressed in prospective...
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