DOI: 10.1055/s-00000069

Seminars in Liver Disease

Issue 02 · Volume 36 · May 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-006-31721 Acute-on-Chronic Liver Disease Guest Editor, Rajiv Jalan, MD

Editorial

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Jalan, Rajiv; Moreau, Richard; Kamath, Patrick S.; Arroyo, Vicente: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Distinct Clinical Condition

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Arroyo, Vicente; Jalan, Rajiv: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Definition, Diagnosis, and Clinical Characteristics
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Solà, Elsa; Fernandez, Javier; Ginès, Pere: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: The Role of Precipitating Illness
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Allen, Alina M.; Kim, W. Ray: Epidemiology and Healthcare Burden of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
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Mookerjee, Rajeshwar P.: Prognosis and Biomarkers in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
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Moreau, Richard: The Pathogenesis of ACLF: The Inflammatory Response and Immune Function
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Durand, Francois; Nadim, Mitra K.: Management of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
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Li, Han; Chen, Harvey Shi-Hsien; Nyberg, Scott L.: Extracorporeal Liver Support and Liver Transplant for Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
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Chirapongsathorn, Sakkarin; Talwalkar, Jayant A.; Kamath, Patrick S.: Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
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Trebicka, Jonel: Predisposing Factors in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
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Weichselbaum, Laura; Gustot, Thierry: The Organs in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Diagnostic Problems in Hepatology

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Sendra, Carmen; Ampuero, Javier; Gallego, Álvaro Giráldez; Sousa, José Manuel; Jiménez, María Serrano; Romero-Gómez, Manuel: Case Report: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Making the Diagnosis between Infection and Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis