• DOI:10.1002/HEP.1840060222
Corpus ID: 30484891

Late onset hepatic failure: Clinical, serological and histological features

@article{Gimson1986LateOH,
  title={Late onset hepatic failure: Clinical, serological and histological features},
  author={A. Gimson and J. O'Grady and R. Ede and B. Portmann and R. Williams},
  journal={Hepatology},
  year={1986},
  volume={6}
}

A. Gimson, J. O'Grady, +2 authors R. Williams

Published 1986

Medicine

Hepatology

The clinical, laboratory and histological features of 47 patients with what is defined as late onset hepatic failure are reviewed. Twenty‐five of the patients werefemale and 22 male with a median age of 45 years. Hepatic dysfunction was severe as evidenced by the prolongation of prothrombin time (median = 32 sec, range = 17 to 120 sec). In only four cases was a viral etiology proven (2 hepatitis B, 2 hepatitis A) although the similarity of the clinical features to patients with fulminant viral… CONTINUE READING

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