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Abstract
Severe inability of the LIVER to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe JAUNDICE and abnormal serum levels of AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed)
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- Hepatic Failure
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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if coma is present, index under HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE is also available
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History Note
1993; for FULMINATING HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC FAILURE, FULMINANT; and LIVER FAILURE, FULMINANT use HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 1993-1999
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- Hepatic Encephalopathy (1967-1992)
- Liver Diseases (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Liver Failure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017093. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017093
- Liver Failure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_failure
- Liver Failure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970208