title: Distribution of core hospitals for patients with fulminant hepatitis and late onset hepatic failure in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokosuka
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.affiliation: Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinju
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arata
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive and Lifestyle Related Disease, Health Research Course, Human and Environmental Sciences, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ido
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mochida
authors.affiliation: Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsubouchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takikawa
keywords: acute liver failure; fulminant hepatitis; late onset hepatic failure