Vulnerability to recurrent episodes of acute decompensation/acute-on-chronic liver failure characterizes those triggered by indeterminate precipitants in patients with liver cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Acute decompensation (AD) of liver cirrhosis (LC) and subsequent acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) are fatal and impair quality of life. Insufficient knowledge of the highly heterogeneous natural history of LC, including decompensation, re-compensation, and possible recurrent decompe...

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Main Authors: Hoshi, Hitomi, Chu, Po-sung, Yoshida, Aya, Taniki, Nobuhito, Morikawa, Rei, Yamataka, Karin, Noguchi, Fumie, Kasuga, Ryosuke, Tabuchi, Takaya, Ebinuma, Hirotoshi, Saito, Hidetsugu, Kanai, Takanori, Nakamoto, Nobuhiro
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2021
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33848309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250062

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33848309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250062

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