title: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with preeclampsia: management of hepatic failure with postpartum liver transplantation.
abstract: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a potentially fatal disorder. We report a patient complicated by preeclampsia, coagulopathy, encephalopathy, and hepatorenal syndrome successfully managed by postpartum hepatic transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amon
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Belew
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006530:Hepatorenal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*