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Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure Patients with Grade IV Encephalopathy: Is Deep Hepatic Coma Still an Absolute Contraindication? A Successful Single-Center Experience

BACKGROUND: The prognosis of the patients of acute liver failure (ALF) with onset of hepatic coma is often dismal. ALF is a well-accepted indication for liver transplantation (LT) and has markedly improved the prognosis of these patients. However, its role in ALF patients with onset of hepatic coma...

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Autores principales: Yang, Horng-Ren, Thorat, Ashok, Jeng, Long-Bin, Hsu, Shih-Chao, Li, Ping-Chun, Yeh, Chun-Chieh, Chen, Te-Hung, Poon, Kin-Shing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6248027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531210
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AOT.907274