Drug-induced Acute Liver Failure
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Liver transplantation for drug-induced acute liver failure.
OBJECTIVES To summarize the different clinical features of drug-induced acute liver failure, the diagnostic work-up, conservative management and the prognostic scores currently used to list patients for liver transplantation. EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SOURCES The current review is based on an analysis of the current literature and the caseload experience of the Authors on this topic. STATE O...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Liver Disease
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1089-3261
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2013.07.001