Brain edema and hepatic encephalopathy

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-280

  Cordoba, Juan ^a   Blei, Andres T ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEOMYCIN;

ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030460773     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007240     Document Type: Review

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