Comparison of clinical data between the survival group and the death group displayed no statistical difference in terms of age, sex, etiology, EASL-CLIF ACLF grade, total bilirubin (TBiL), creatinine (Cr), international normalized ratio (INR), hepatic encephalopathy (HE), prothrombin time (PT), urea, albumin, direct bilirubin (DBIL), hemoglobin, platelet count, white blood cells (WBC), neutrophil count (NEUT) and lymphocyte count (LYM) (Table 1). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is hereditary elliptocytosis.