## Key Points 1. The etiology of acute liver failure in children differs from that in adults, with metabolic conditions being commoner in Europe and North America and hepatitis A being the commonest cause in Asia and South America. 2. Encephalopathy usually is a late feature and is not essential fo
Acute liver failure in children: The role of defects in fatty acid oxidation
β Scribed by Estella M. Alonso
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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