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Acute on chronic liver failure because of acute hepatic insults: Etiologies, course, extrahepatic organ failure and predictors of mortality

S. Shalimar, Dharmendra Kumar, Padmaprakash K. Vadiraja, Baibaswata Nayak, Bhaskar Thakur, Prasenjit Das, Siddhartha Datta Gupta, Subrat Kumar Panda, Subrat Kumar Acharya

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2015 · 65 citations · 20 references

Abstract

Hepatitis virus(es) and continuous alcohol consumption are important causes of ACLF caused by acute hepatic insults. HEV-ACLF has lower mortality. OF is an important prognostic predictor.

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