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Comment
. 2021 Nov;74(5):2926-2927.
doi: 10.1002/hep.32058. Epub 2021 Aug 31.

Letter to the Editor: Infections in Severe Forms of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Need a Closer Look!

Ankur Jindal  1
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Comment

Letter to the Editor: Infections in Severe Forms of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Need a Closer Look!

Ankur Jindal. Hepatology. 2021 Nov.
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  • REPLY.
    Otero Sanchez L, Karakike E, Moreno C, Trépo E, Gustot T. Otero Sanchez L, et al. Hepatology. 2021 Nov;74(5):2927-2928. doi: 10.1002/hep.32057. Epub 2021 Aug 31. Hepatology. 2021. PMID: 34260763 No abstract available.

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  • PREDICT identifies precipitating events associated with the clinical course of acutely decompensated cirrhosis.
    Trebicka J, Fernandez J, Papp M, Caraceni P, Laleman W, Gambino C, Giovo I, Uschner FE, Jansen C, Jimenez C, Mookerjee R, Gustot T, Albillos A, Bañares R, Jarcuska P, Steib C, Reiberger T, Acevedo J, Gatti P, Shawcross DL, Zeuzem S, Zipprich A, Piano S, Berg T, Bruns T, Danielsen KV, Coenraad M, Merli M, Stauber R, Zoller H, Ramos JP, Solé C, Soriano G, de Gottardi A, Gronbaek H, Saliba F, Trautwein C, Kani HT, Francque S, Ryder S, Nahon P, Romero-Gomez M, Van Vlierberghe H, Francoz C, Manns M, Garcia-Lopez E, Tufoni M, Amoros A, Pavesi M, Sanchez C, Praktiknjo M, Curto A, Pitarch C, Putignano A, Moreno E, Bernal W, Aguilar F, Clària J, Ponzo P, Vitalis Z, Zaccherini G, Balogh B, Gerbes A, Vargas V, Alessandria C, Bernardi M, Ginès P, Moreau R, Angeli P, Jalan R, Arroyo V; PREDICT STUDY group of the EASL-CLIF CONSORTIUM. Trebicka J, et al. J Hepatol. 2021 May;74(5):1097-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.11.019. Epub 2020 Nov 20. J Hepatol. 2021. PMID: 33227350

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