Abstract
Wilson's disease (WD) is a genetic disorder resulting in accumulation of copper in the liver and other organs. When presenting as acute liver failure (WD-ALF), urgent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is considered the only life-saving option. The revised WD prognostic index is highly accurate in predicting death due to WD-ALF (1,2). For a score ≥11 acute listing for OLT is recommended in European and American guidelines. Here we report a patient with WD-ALF and poor prognostic score that was rescued by high-volume plasma exchange (HVP). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1835-1837 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0270-9139 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |