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This work was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). J Vaquero was supported by a fellowship from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL)/Schering Canada.
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Vaquero, J., Butterworth, R. Mild hypothermia for the treatment of acute liver failure—what are we waiting for?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 528–529 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0927
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