The Utility of Scoring Systems in Predicting Early and Late Mortality in Alcoholic Hepatitis: Whose Score Is It Anyway?

Background. Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a distinct clinical entity in the spectrum of alcoholic liver disease with a high short-term mortality. Several scoring systems are being used to assess the severity of AH but the ability of these scores to predict long-term survival in these patients is large...

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Autores principales: Palaniyappan, Naaventhan, Subramanian, Venkataraman, Ramappa, Vidyasagar, Ryder, Stephen D., Kaye, Philip, Aithal, Guruprasad P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/624675

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