Complications constitute a major risk factor for mortality in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients: a multi-national study from the Asia

Complications constitute a major risk factor for mortality in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients: a multi-national study from the Asia–Pacific region

Published:2019-10-24 Issue:6 Volume:13 Page:695-705
ISSN:1936-0533
Container-title:Hepatology International
language:en
Short-container-title:Hepatol Int

Author:

Chen Tao,Yang Zhongyuan,Choudhury Ashok Kumar,Al Mahtab Mamun,Li Jun,Chen Yu,Tan Soek-Siam,Han Tao,Hu Jinhua,Hamid Saeed S.,Huei Lee Guan,Ghazinian Hasmik,Nan Yuemin,Chawla Yogesh K.,Yuen Man-Fung,Devarbhavi Harshad,Shukla Akash,Abbas Zaigham,Sahu Manoj,Dokmeci A. K.,Lesmana Laurentias A.,Lesmana Cosmas Rinaldi A.,Xin Shaojie,Duan Zhongping,Guo Wei,Ma Ke,Zhang Zhongwei,Cheng Qiuyu,Jia Jidong,Sharma B. C.,Sarin Shiv Kumar,Ning Qin^ORCID

Funder

the National Thirteenth “Five Years” Project in Science and Technology of China

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Hepatology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12072-019-09992-x.pdf

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