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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy¹

Author(s) -

William M. Hague,

David Fenton,

Sheila L. B. Duncan,

David Slater

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688307600807

Subject(s) - acute fatty liver of pregnancy , pregnancy , vomiting , etiology , fatty liver , medicine , disease , liver disease , obstetrics , bioinformatics , physiology , gestation , biology , genetics

Six further cases of acute fatty liver of pregnancy are presented and discussed in relation to the world literature on this rare disease of pregnancy, the aetiology of which is still unknown. The importance of vomiting in late pregnancy is emphasized. A common feature seems to be a metabolic stress, possibly related to infection, which tips a susceptible liver into metabolic failure.

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