Artificial liver support system combined with liver transplantation in the treatment of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.

BACKGROUND:The search for a strategy to provide temporary liver support and salvage the patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) remains an important issue. This study was designed to evaluate the experience in artificial liver support system (ALSS) combined with liver transplantation (LT...

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Main Authors: Xiao Xu, Xiaoli Liu, Qi Ling, Qiang Wei, Zhikun Liu, Xiaowei Xu, Lin Zhou, Min Zhang, Jian Wu, Jianrong Huang, Jifang Sheng, Shusen Zheng, Lanjuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597613?pdf=render