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Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the united states

  1. Frank V. Schiødt,
  2. Evren Atillasoy,
  3. A. Obaid Shakil,
  4. Eugene R. Schiff,
  5. Cary Caldwell,
  6. Kris V. Kowdley,
  7. Risë Stribling,
  8. Jeffrey S. Crippin,
  9. Steven Flamm,
  10. Kenneth A. Somberg,
  11. Hugo Rosen,
  12. Tim M. McCashland,
  13. J. Eileen Hay,
  14. William M. Lee*,
  15. the Acute Liver Failure Study Group

Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003

DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050102

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Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volume 5, Issue 1, pages 29–34, January 1999

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Schiødt, F. V., Atillasoy, E., Shakil, A. O., Schiff, E. R., Caldwell, C., Kowdley, K. V., Stribling, R., Crippin, J. S., Flamm, S., Somberg, K. A., Rosen, H., McCashland, T. M., Hay, J. E., Lee, W. M. and the Acute Liver Failure Study Group (1999), Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the united states. Liver Transpl, 5: 29–34. doi: 10.1002/lt.500050102

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  1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and 12 US Liver Centers

*Address reprint requests to William M. Lee, MD, Liver Unit, UT Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235-9151

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 DEC 2003
  2. Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003

Funded by

  • Danish Medical Research Council Copenhagen. Grant Number: 9400630
  • Jeppe Juhl and wife Ovita Juhl Foundation (F.V.S.)
  • Alison B. Harwood, Charleston, SC; Mr and Mrs W.H. Pickens, Dallas, TX
  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Grant Number: R-O3 DK52827-01

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