Plasma levels of circulating DNA are associated with outcome, but not with activation of coagulation in decompensated cirrhosis and ACLF

Background & Aims: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a recently (re)defined syndrome of acute decompensation of cirrhosis that presents with extrahepatic organ failure(s) and poor outcome. Given the prominent role of inflammation and activation of coagulation in ACLF, we hypothesized that...

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Main Authors: Annabel Blasi, Vishal C. Patel, Jelle Adelmeijer, Sarah Azarian, Fatima Aziz, Javier Fernández, William Bernal, Ton Lisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:JHEP Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258955591930059X