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

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

<h4>Background</h4>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 possibl...

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Main Authors: Hitomi Hoshi, Po-Sung Chu, Aya Yoshida, Nobuhito Taniki, Rei Morikawa, Karin Yamataka, Fumie Noguchi, Ryosuke Kasuga, Takaya Tabuchi, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Hidetsugu Saito, Takanori Kanai, Nobuhiro Nakamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250062&type=printable
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