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Liver failure with hepatic encephalopathy during an acute viral hepatitis carries a very high mortality. Liver transplantation is the usual treatment, but for poor candidates for transplantation only supportive therapy is available. Two patients with HIV infection developed an acute B hepatitis with liver insufficiency and hepatic encephalopathy. After an alprostadfl infusion was begun they improved quickly and made a full recovery. This drug merits further investigation.

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Author

S. Reus; M. Priego; V. Boix; D. Torrús; J. Portilla

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0163-4453)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)