Bilirubin alone as a biomarker for short-term mortality in acute-on-chronic liver failure: an important prognostic indicator
Background and Aims. Acute-on-chronic liver failure has been recognized as a sudden deterioration of cirrhosis, with a high short-term mortality. Prognostic scores are used to assess liver dysfunction. However, there is not enough information on a score to predict short term mortality in those patie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811930910X |