Acute Liver Failure Prognostic Scores: Is Good Enough Good Enough?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Editorial

Patrick S Kamath et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;14(4):621-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.12.025. Epub 2015 Dec 24.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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