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Acute Liver Failure as an Initial Manifestation of an Infiltrative Hematolymphoid Malignancy

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Yasser M. Bhat MD & Thomas A. Shaw-Stiffel MD, MMM, FACP

  2. Department of PathologyThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alyssa Krasinskas MD & Fiona E. Craig MD

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, C-Wing/PUH, Mezzanine level, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA

    Yasser M. Bhat MD

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Bhat, Y.M., Krasinskas, A., Craig, F.E. et al. Acute Liver Failure as an Initial Manifestation of an Infiltrative Hematolymphoid Malignancy. Dig Dis Sci 51, 63–67 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-3085-3

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