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Leukocytes, Systemic Inflammation and Immunopathology in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
Cells - 8 Dec 2020
Casulleras Mireia, Zhang Ingrid W, López-Vicario Cristina, Clària Joan
Abstract excerpt
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a complex syndrome that develops in patients with cirrhosis and is characterized by acute decompensation, organ failure(s) and high short-term mortality. ACLF frequently occurs in close temporal relationship to a precipitating event, such as acute alcoholic, drug-induced or viral hepatitis or bacterial infection and, in cases without precipitating events, probably related...
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