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Acute Liver Failure in a Pediatric Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Jane Whitney

  2. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 116, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    Melissa Hurwitz

  3. Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, H2110, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA

    Amirkaveh Mojtahed

  4. Multi-Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Road, Suite 319, Palo Alto, CA, 94303-1509, USA

    Christine Hwang & Amy Gallo

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Whitney, J., Hurwitz, M., Mojtahed, A. et al. Acute Liver Failure in a Pediatric Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis. Dig Dis Sci 56, 2780–2783 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1776-x

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