Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal
BACKGROUND: Acute liver failure is a rare condition in which massive liver injury is associated with the rapid development of hepatic encephalopathy. Although viral hepatitis and drug-induced liver injury are the most common causes, no specific etiology is found in a substantial proportion of cases...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Acute liver failure is a rare condition in which massive liver injury is associated with the rapid development of hepatic encephalopathy. Although viral hepatitis and drug-induced liver injury are the most common causes, no specific etiology is found in a substantial proportion of cases reported from Europe and the United States. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-143c7c7d265a45dab30a61ca6ffeeb702025-02-03T01:09:10ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002002-01-01161067267610.1155/2002/328415Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in MontrealGeneviève Tessier0Edith Villeneuve1Jean-Pierre Villeneuve2Division of Hepatology, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CanadaDivision of Hepatology, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CanadaDivision of Hepatology, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CanadaBACKGROUND: Acute liver failure is a rare condition in which massive liver injury is associated with the rapid development of hepatic encephalopathy. Although viral hepatitis and drug-induced liver injury are the most common causes, no specific etiology is found in a substantial proportion of cases reported from Europe and the United States.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/328415 |
| spellingShingle | Geneviève Tessier Edith Villeneuve Jean-Pierre Villeneuve Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal |
| title_full | Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal |
| title_fullStr | Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal |
| title_short | Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal |
| title_sort | etiology and outcome of acute liver failure experience from a liver transplantation centre in montreal |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/328415 |
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