Acute liver failure continues to be associated with a high mortality rate, and emergency liver transplantation is often the only life-saving treatment. The short-term outcomes are decidedly worse in comparison with those for nonurgent cases, whereas the long-term results have not been reported as ex
Postoperative issues and outcome for acute liver failure
β Scribed by John G. O'Grady
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21640
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