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Survival Rates Improve for Liver Failure

The chances of surviving acute liver failure have improved dramatically in the past 16 years, according to a new study.

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Physician Christine Le, an osteopathy specialist at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, checks up on her patients Mary Ann Goolsby and her husband Joseph Goolsby, Tuesday June 10, 2014.
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The chances of surviving acute liver failure have improved dramatically in the past 16 years, according to a new study. The overall numbers of people surviving and doing so without a liver transplant have improved while the number of patients requiring a transplant have declined, said Dr. William Lee, a liver specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. (U.S. News & World Report)

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