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Acute liver failure due to lymphoma

A diagnostic concern when considering liver transplantation

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  1. From the Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California, Los Angeles, California

    Graham M. Woolf MD, Lidija M. Petrovic MD, Sergio E. Rojter MD, Federico G. Villamil MD, Leonard Makowka MD, Luis G. Podesta MD, Linda S. Sher MD, Leslie Memsic MD & John M. Vierling MD

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Woolf, G.M., Petrovic, L.M., Rojter, S.E. et al. Acute liver failure due to lymphoma. Digest Dis Sci 39, 1351–1358 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093804

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