FIGURE 2.
The calculated incidence (A) and etiology (B) of acute liver failure in Taiwan. (A) Note that the incidence increased with age in both genders. HBV = hepatitis B virus, HCV = hepatitis C virus, HDV = hepatitis D virus. *Fourteen were pathologically exposed to alcohol, 5 coinfected with hepatitis C virus, 2 exposed to TB, and 1 also exposed to recent anti-TB medications and 1 Wilson disease of age 25, and 4 pathologically exposed to alcohol. ¥ 18 were also exposed to nonacetaminophen hepatotoxic agents and 2 exposed to herbal agents. $ 4 were also exposed to herbal agents. £ 1 was exposed to Wilson disease of age 44.