Evaluating Prognosis of Patients With Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: Is the Simplest Score Good Enough?

Ângelo Zambam de Mattos^{1

2}, Angelo Alves de Mattos^{1

2}

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¹ Graduate Program in Medicine: Hepatology - Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit - Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Ângelo Zambam de Mattos et al. Hepatology. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;68(2):790.

doi: 10.1002/hep.30033.

Ângelo Zambam de Mattos^{1

2}, Angelo Alves de Mattos^{1

2}

¹ Graduate Program in Medicine: Hepatology - Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit - Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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O'Leary JG, Rajender Reddy K, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, Bajaj JS. O'Leary JG, et al. Hepatology. 2018 Aug;68(2):791. doi: 10.1002/hep.30032. Hepatology. 2018. PMID: 29663463 No abstract available.

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O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Garcia-Tsao G, Biggins SW, Wong F, Fallon MB, Subramanian RM, Kamath PS, Thuluvath P, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Tandon P, Lai J, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS. O'Leary JG, et al. Hepatology. 2018 Jun;67(6):2367-2374. doi: 10.1002/hep.29773. Epub 2018 Apr 19. Hepatology. 2018. PMID: 29315693