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EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines on the managementof acute (fulminant) liver failureqEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver SummaryThe term acute liver failure (ALF) is frequently applied as a gen-eric expression to describe patients presenting with or develop-ing an acute episode of liver dysfunction. In the context ofhepatological practice, however, ALF refers to a highly specificand rare syndrome, characterised by an acute abnormality of liverblood tests in an individual without underlying chronic liver dis-ease. The disease process is associated with development of acoagulopathy of liver aetiology, and clinically apparent alteredlevel of consciousness due to hepatic encephalopathy.
EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines on the management of acute (fulminant) liver failureq European Association for the Study of the Liver⇑ Summary The term acute liver failure (ALF) is frequently applied as a gen-
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