Mortality of fulminant hepatic failure with standard supportive therapy is high (80 to 85%), but unfortunately most patients present to hospital already in Grade IV encephalopathy with severe liver dysfunction, and many have secondary organ damage. If seen earlier, during Grade III encephalopathy, r
Hepatitis E-associated acute liver failure in pregnancy: An Indian puzzle
✍ Scribed by Jacques Bernuau; Elisabeth Nicand; François Durand
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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