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Fulminant Hepatic Failure: When the Hepatologist Meets the Neurointensivist

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  1. Internal Medicine, Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5959 Harry Hines Boulevard, Suite 420, Dallas, TX, 75390-8887, USA

    William M. Lee

  2. Division of Critical Care Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

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Lee, W.M., Wijdicks, E.F.M. Fulminant Hepatic Failure: When the Hepatologist Meets the Neurointensivist. Neurocrit Care 9, 1–2 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-008-9079-6

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