Medicine

[Acute on chronic liver failure].

Angels Escorsell Mañosa, Antoni Mas Ordeig

2010.2.1Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2009.10.003

tlooto Summary

The true incidence of ACLF remains difficult to determine due to confusions surrounding the definition of this entity, but seems to be 40% at 5 years in patients with advanced cirrhosis, which translates into 4,000 cases in Europe within this time span.

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MAÑOSA, Angels Escorsell; ORDEIG, Antoni Mas. [Acute on chronic liver failure]. Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia, 2010, 33 2: 126–34.