Treatment of Acute Liver Failure in Resource-Constrained Settings without Transplantation Facilities Can Be Improved
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1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 3 Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 4 Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 5 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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