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. 1983 Apr;24(4):340–344. doi: 10.1136/gut.24.4.340

Non-fatal acute fatty liver of pregnancy.

J Bernuau, C Degott, O Nouel, B Rueff, J P Benhamou
PMCID: PMC1419954  PMID: 6832629

Abstract

Four patients are described, admitted during a three-year period, who recovered from acute fatty liver of pregnancy; vomiting and jaundice were the main manifestations of the disease; coma and anuria were absent. During the same period, we observed one patient who died of acute fatty liver of pregnancy. This experience suggests that the non-fatal form of the disorder may be much commoner than the fatal form.

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