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SUBMITTER: Chen EQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4641118 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen En-Qiang EQ Zeng Fan F Zhou Ling-Yun LY Tang Hong H
World journal of gastroenterology 20151101 42
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) associated acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an increasingly recognized fatal liver disease encompassing a severe acute exacerbation of liver function in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Despite the introduction of an artificial liver support system and antiviral therapy, the short-term prognosis of HBV-ACLF is still extremely poor unless emergency liver transplantation is performed. In such a situation, stopping or slowing the progression of CHB to ACLF at ...[more]