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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Liver Failure
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Fallo Hepático
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Falência Hepática
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Tree Number:
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C06.552.308.500
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Definition English:
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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; LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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if coma is present, index under HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE is also available
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History Note English:
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1993; for FULMINATING HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC FAILURE, FULMINANT; and LIVER FAILURE, FULMINANT use HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 1993-1999
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30668
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Unique Identifier:
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D017093
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Occurrence in VHL:
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