Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 1021-1029, December 2009

Early prediction of short-term development of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with acute liver disease unrelated to paracetamol. A prospective study in Japan☆

  • Yasuhiro Takikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Open Research Center, Advanced Medical Science Center Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka 020-8505, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 19 6515111x2314; fax: +81 19 6526664.
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  • Ryujin Endo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
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  • Kazuyuki Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Open Research Center, Advanced Medical Science Center Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka 020-8505, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirohito Tsubouchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Digestive Disease and Life-style Related Disease, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
    • ,
  • on behalf of the Fulminant Hepatitis Study Group of Japan

Received 10 September 2008; received in revised form 7 July 2009; accepted 24 July 2009. published online 01 October 2009.

Associate Editor: J. Bosch

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☆ The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00633-3

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2009.09.011

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