Recurring encephalopathy abolished by gastrorenal shunt ligation in a diabetic hemodialysis patient

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 270-272

  Shimono, Junya ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Azuma, Koichi ^a   Hashiguchi, Mamoru ^a   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER;

DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL VEINS; STOMACH; VASCULAR FISTULA; VEINS;

EID: 0032008382     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(97)00062-2     Document Type: Note

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