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. 2022 Apr;28(2):273-275.
doi: 10.3350/cmh.2022.0036. Epub 2022 Feb 14.

Acute on chronic liver failure in cirrhosis

Marta Tonon  1 , Salvatore Piano  1
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Acute on chronic liver failure in cirrhosis

Marta Tonon et al. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute on chronic liver failure; Liver cirrhosis; Multiple organ failure; Sepsis.

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