Cause of acute liver failure in young children discovered
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Acute liver failure is a rare yet life-threatening disease for young children. It often occurs extremely rapidly, for example, when a child has a fever. Yet in around 50 percent of cases it is unclear as to why this happens. Now, researchers working on an international research project have discovered a link between the disease and mutations in a specific gene.