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Original Article

Predictors of infection in viral-hepatitis related acute liver failure

ShalimarDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Correspondence[email protected]
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Saurabh KediaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;
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Hanish SharmaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;
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Sreejith VasudevanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;
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Ujjwal SonikaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;
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Ashish Dutt UpadhyayaDepartment of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Subrat K. AcharyaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;
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Pages 1413-1419 | Received 21 Jun 2017, Accepted 28 Aug 2017, Published online: 06 Sep 2017

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