Device could help liver failure patients, extend options for transplant

Friday, March 11, 2011 - 10:50 in Health & Medicine

For patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH), inflammation of the liver can result in a multitude of symptoms, including jaundice, fluid accumulation in the abdomen and hepatic encephalopathy -- impaired brain function leading to irritability, tremors and confusion.

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