Fulminant hepatitis and late onset hepatic failure in Japan

2008136 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Kenji Fujiwara · Saitama Medical University

Satoshi Mochida · Saitama Medical University

Atsushi Matsui · Saitama Medical University

Nobuaki Nakayama · Saitama Medical University

Sumiko Nagoshi · Saitama Medical University

Gotaro Toda · Seiwa Hospital

Intractable Liver Diseases Study Group of Japan ·

Abstract

The etiology and prognosis differed in patients with fulminant hepatitis and LOHF depending on the disease types in Japan, and liver transplantation improved the prognosis of the patients irrespective of the disease type and etiology.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatitis B Virus Studies Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Hepatology Research

Volume 38, Issue 7, pp. 646-657

DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034x.2008.00322.x

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