NIDDK Central Repository - Racial and ethnic differences in presentation, etiology, and outcomes of acute liver failure in the United States.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.cgh.2009.05.029

PubMed ID

19501192

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2009

Affiliation

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3 Ravdin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. kimberly.forde@uphs.upenn.edu

Authors

Acute Liver Failure Study Group, Forde KA, Lee WM, Reddy KR, Sanders CM, Troxel AB

Studies

AALF

Citation

Forde KA, Reddy KR, Troxel AB, Sanders CM, Lee WM, Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Racial and ethnic differences in presentation, etiology, and outcomes of acute liver failure in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Oct;7(10):1121-6. Epub 2009 Jun 23.

Abstract

In patients with chronic liver disease, race plays a role in the rate of survival after transplantation. It is not known how race and ethnicity influence the presentation, etiology, and outcomes in patients with acute liver failure (ALF).